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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2025
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2025
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 57 359 PM 90 1952 68 -11 63
MINIMUM 44 411 AM 30 1908 47 -3 52
1967
AVERAGE 51 57 -6 58
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.18 1.74 1944 0.17 0.01 0.49
MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.34 -0.14 0.60
SINCE MAR 1 6.07 6.53 -0.46 5.53
SINCE JAN 1 6.66 8.95 -2.29 7.86
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 3.0 5.6 -2.6 0.8
SINCE JUL 1 14.3 36.3 -22.0 35.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 14 9 5 7
MONTH TO DATE 20 18 2 12
SINCE MAR 1 958 1235 -277 931
SINCE JUL 1 5361 6028 -667 4797
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0
SINCE MAR 1 15 14 1 18
SINCE JAN 1 15 14 1 18
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 1100 AM
LOWEST 72 400 PM
AVERAGE 83
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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 2025...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT
MAY 3 2025...........SUNRISE 609 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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