AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
500 
CDUS43 KDMX 080653 RRA
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014


...................................

...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         90    423 PM  92    1966  70     20       78
  MINIMUM         57    542 AM  28    1931  49      8       51
                                      1885
  AVERAGE         74                        60     14       65

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.76 1997   0.15  -0.15     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.07  -1.07     2.38
  SINCE MAR 1      5.41                      7.23  -1.82    10.59
  SINCE JAN 1      7.75                      9.51  -1.76    13.44

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   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        0                         7     -7        0
  MONTH TO DATE   49                        52     -3      108
  SINCE MAR 1   1392                      1260    132     1578
  SINCE JUL 1   6699                      6091    608     5935

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        9                         1      8        0
  MONTH TO DATE    9                         7      2        0
  SINCE MAR 1     21                        21      0       12
  SINCE JAN 1     21                        21      0       12
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.6


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    70           800 AM
 LOWEST     38           400 PM
 AVERAGE    54

..........................................................


THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        94      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        32      1954


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  8 2014...........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 PM CDT
MAY  9 2014...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




$$