947
CDUS43 KDMX 050634
CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...............................
..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2012
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2012
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 83 458 PM 91 1918 69 14 66
MINIMUM 68 700 AM 26 1907 48 20 36
AVERAGE 76 58 18 51
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY T 2.73 2003 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.76 0.62 0.14 0.00
SINCE MAR 1 8.38 6.75 1.63 7.13
SINCE JAN 1 10.59 9.03 1.56 8.97
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1917 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.3 6.6 -6.3 5.5
SINCE JUL 1 20.9 34.9 -14.0 38.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 14
MONTH TO DATE 0 31 -31 61
SINCE MAR 1 596 1239 -643 1250
SINCE JUL 1 4656 6070 -1414 6036
COOLING
YESTERDAY 11 1 10 0
MONTH TO DATE 25 4 21 0
SINCE MAR 1 82 18 64 10
SINCE JAN 1 82 18 64 10
..............................................................
WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 1200 AM
LOWEST 51 200 PM
AVERAGE 71
......................................................
THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1909
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 30 1944
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT
MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page