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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
127 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         65    525 PM  90    1952  68     -3       65       
  MINIMUM         37    559 AM  30    1967  48    -11       41       
                                      1908                          
  AVERAGE         51                        58     -7       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.74 1944   0.16  -0.16      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.31  -0.24     0.08    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.70                      6.47   1.23     5.43    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.21                      8.75   1.46     7.20    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1976   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.6                       7.0   -3.4      0.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      35.3  -21.0     30.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         8      6       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        16     18       29       
  SINCE MAR 1   1049                      1224   -175      924       
  SINCE JUL 1   4749                      6055  -1306     4907       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        16     -1       19       
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        16     -1       19       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        88      1949                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        29      1907                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  3 2017...........SUNRISE   609 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT   
MAY  4 2017...........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 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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