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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 31 2008
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2008
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 83 345 PM 102 1934 77 6 78
MINIMUM 59 509 AM 34 1889 57 2 56
AVERAGE 71 67 4 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.76 1954 0.15 -0.15 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 3.84 4.25 -0.41 5.94
SINCE MAR 1 11.27 10.04 1.23 13.69
SINCE JAN 1 14.17 12.26 1.91 16.85
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 5.9 6.8 -0.9 12.0
SINCE JUL 1 58.5 36.4 22.1 39.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 173 153 20 58
SINCE MAR 1 1579 1418 161 1167
SINCE JUL 1 6698 6420 278 5942
COOLING
TODAY 6 4 2 2
MONTH TO DATE 37 60 -23 106
SINCE MAR 1 39 73 -34 136
SINCE JAN 1 39 73 -34 136
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 73 1200 AM
LOWEST 39 100 PM
AVERAGE 56
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 98 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 37 1889
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 31 2008...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT
JUNE 1 2008..........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 843 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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