675 CDUS43 KDMX 150630 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 126 AM CDT MON MAY 15 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 85 428 PM 94 2013 72 13 59 MINIMUM 56 449 AM 34 1888 52 4 40 AVERAGE 71 62 9 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.67 1909 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 1.82 2.17 -0.35 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 9.45 8.33 1.12 6.26 SINCE JAN 1 11.96 10.61 1.35 8.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1993 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 5 -5 15 MONTH TO DATE 63 91 -28 83 SINCE MAR 1 1078 1299 -221 978 SINCE JUL 1 4778 6130 -1352 4961 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 16 3 9 SINCE MAR 1 34 30 4 28 SINCE JAN 1 34 30 4 28 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 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 80 400 AM LOWEST 37 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 2012 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1997 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2017...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 16 2017...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$