978 CDUS43 KDMX 010633 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 31 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 78 412 PM 102 1934 77 1 81 MINIMUM 50 502 AM 34 1889 57 -7 64 AVERAGE 64 67 -3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.76 1954 0.16 -0.16 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 4.83 4.74 0.09 4.12 SINCE MAR 1 12.46 10.90 1.56 9.47 SINCE JAN 1 14.97 13.18 1.79 11.24 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 1 2 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 122 146 -24 128 SINCE MAR 1 1137 1354 -217 1023 SINCE JUL 1 4837 6185 -1348 5006 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 65 62 3 74 SINCE MAR 1 80 76 4 93 SINCE JAN 1 80 76 4 93 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 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 83 600 AM LOWEST 27 300 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 98 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 37 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JUNE 1 2017..........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT JUNE 2 2017..........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 843 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$