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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
533 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2023
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 2023
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 63 231 PM 91 1941 72 -9 71
2012
2017
MINIMUM 51 755 AM 35 1959 52 -1 58
1997
AVERAGE 57 62 -5 65
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.04 2.52 1943 0.17 -0.13 0.01
MONTH TO DATE 3.34 2.54 0.80 1.14
SINCE MAR 1 7.21 8.73 -1.52 8.24
SINCE JAN 1 10.86 11.15 -0.29 9.90
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.1 1907 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 10.4 5.8 4.6 10.2
SINCE JUL 1 33.1 36.5 -3.4 36.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 8 5 3 0
MONTH TO DATE 53 102 -49 91
SINCE MAR 1 1284 1319 -35 1419
SINCE JUL 1 5873 6112 -239 5911
COOLING
TODAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 42 19 23 75
SINCE MAR 1 58 31 27 76
SINCE JAN 1 58 31 27 76
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 86 700 AM
LOWEST 58 400 PM
AVERAGE 72
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 2019
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1890
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 15 2023...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT
MAY 16 2023...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 828 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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