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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 2012
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 76 349 PM 95 2011 71 5 95
MINIMUM 50 447 AM 32 1966 50 0 71
AVERAGE 63 60 3 83
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.83 1912 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.99 1.54 0.45 0.06
SINCE MAR 1 9.61 7.67 1.94 7.19
SINCE JAN 1 11.82 9.95 1.87 9.03
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1966 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
TODAY 2 6 -4 0
MONTH TO DATE 14 70 -56 72
SINCE MAR 1 610 1278 -668 1261
SINCE JUL 1 4670 6109 -1439 6047
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 18
MONTH TO DATE 45 10 35 33
SINCE MAR 1 102 24 78 43
SINCE JAN 1 102 24 78 43
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 68 500 AM
LOWEST 38 200 PM
AVERAGE 53
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 93 2000
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1946
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 10 2012...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT
MAY 11 2012...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 824 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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