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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
127 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         66    411 PM  91    1918  69     -3       50       
  MINIMUM         49    348 AM  26    1907  48      1       35       
  AVERAGE         58                        58      0       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.73 2003   0.16  -0.16     0.30    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.62  -0.62     2.38    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.41                      6.78  -1.37    10.59    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.75                      9.06  -1.31    13.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1917   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      6.9     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.4                       7.0   -0.6     16.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     48.3                      35.3   13.0     55.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         7      0       22       
  MONTH TO DATE   42                        31     11       93       
  SINCE MAR 1   1385                      1239    146     1563       
  SINCE JUL 1   6692                      6070    622     5920       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     12                        18     -6       12       
  SINCE JAN 1     12                        18     -6       12       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    74           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        30      1944                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2014...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT   
MAY  6 2014...........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   818 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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