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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2023
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 80 322 PM 91 2019 72 8 81
MINIMUM 56 551 AM 33 1890 52 4 52
AVERAGE 68 62 6 67
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 1.69 1896 0.17 -0.17 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 3.34 2.71 0.63 1.14
SINCE MAR 1 7.21 8.90 -1.69 8.24
SINCE JAN 1 10.86 11.32 -0.46 9.90
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 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 0 5 -5 0
MONTH TO DATE 53 107 -54 91
SINCE MAR 1 1284 1324 -40 1419
SINCE JUL 1 5873 6117 -244 5911
COOLING
TODAY 3 2 1 2
MONTH TO DATE 45 21 24 77
SINCE MAR 1 61 33 28 78
SINCE JAN 1 61 33 28 78
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 87 400 AM
LOWEST 27 300 PM
AVERAGE 57
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1880
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 36 1915
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 16 2023...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT
MAY 17 2023...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 829 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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