740 CDUS43 KDMX 230651 CLIDSM DSMCLIDSY 000 TTAA00 KDMX 230649 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 319 PM 98 1925 74 8 78 MINIMUM 50 439 AM 33 1963 54 -4 50 AVERAGE 66 64 2 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.01 1952 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 0.97 3.40 -2.43 1.94 SINCE MAR 1 6.32 9.56 -3.24 4.94 SINCE JAN 1 8.09 11.84 -3.75 6.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.3 7.0 -6.7 T SINCE JUL 1 30.3 35.3 -5.0 29.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 1 MONTH TO DATE 128 124 4 95 SINCE MAR 1 1023 1332 -309 1065 SINCE JUL 1 5006 6163 -1157 5903 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 33 -23 47 SINCE MAR 1 29 47 -18 54 SINCE JAN 1 29 47 -18 54 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 500 AM LOWEST 22 300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 92 1939 1885 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 32 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2016...........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT MAY 24 2016...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$