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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2024
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2024
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024
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 1210 PM 90 1952 68 -5 65
MINIMUM 52 655 AM 30 1908 47 5 40
1967
AVERAGE 58 57 1 53
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.49 1.74 1944 0.17 0.32 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.34 0.26 0.00
SINCE MAR 1 5.53 6.53 -1.00 3.87
SINCE JAN 1 7.86 8.95 -1.09 7.52
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1976 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.8 5.6 -4.8 10.4
SINCE JUL 1 35.0 36.3 -1.3 33.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 7 9 -2 12
MONTH TO DATE 12 18 -6 25
SINCE MAR 1 931 1235 -304 1256
SINCE JUL 1 4797 6028 -1231 5845
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0
SINCE MAR 1 18 14 4 16
SINCE JAN 1 18 14 4 16
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 900 AM
LOWEST 64 500 AM
AVERAGE 80
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 29 1907
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 2 2024...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT
MAY 3 2024...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 815 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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