959 CDUS43 KDMX 120636 RRA CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 135 AM CDT FRI MAY 12 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 308 PM 93 2000 71 3 73 MINIMUM 55 507 AM 30 1946 51 4 54 AVERAGE 65 61 4 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.98 1923 0.16 -0.16 0.34 MONTH TO DATE 1.82 1.70 0.12 0.76 SINCE MAR 1 9.45 7.86 1.59 6.11 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 10.14 1.82 7.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1966 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 0 6 -6 1 MONTH TO DATE 61 76 -15 55 SINCE MAR 1 1076 1284 -208 950 SINCE JUL 1 4776 6115 -1339 4933 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 11 -1 9 SINCE MAR 1 25 25 0 28 SINCE JAN 1 25 25 0 28 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 40 600 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2017...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT MAY 13 2017...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$