602 CDUS43 KDMX 250631 RRE CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 66 521 PM 97 1939 75 -9 84 MINIMUM 51 114 AM 36 1924 55 -4 63 AVERAGE 59 65 -6 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 2.62 1922 0.14 0.02 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 4.60 3.69 0.91 1.09 SINCE MAR 1 12.23 9.85 2.38 6.44 SINCE JAN 1 14.74 12.13 2.61 8.21 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 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 6 3 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 116 130 -14 128 SINCE MAR 1 1131 1338 -207 1023 SINCE JUL 1 4831 6169 -1338 5006 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 52 39 13 24 SINCE MAR 1 67 53 14 43 SINCE JAN 1 67 53 14 43 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 60 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 98 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 34 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2017...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT MAY 26 2017...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$