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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         71    413 PM  91    1918  69      2       68
  MINIMUM         39    224 AM  26    1907  48     -9       50
  AVERAGE         55                        58     -3       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 2003   0.16  -0.16     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.62  -0.55     0.08
  SINCE MAR 1      7.70                      6.78   0.92     5.43
  SINCE JAN 1     10.21                      9.06   1.15     7.20

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1917   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       10                         7      3        6
  MONTH TO DATE   57                        31     26       43
  SINCE MAR 1   1072                      1239   -167      938
  SINCE JUL 1   4772                      6070  -1298     4921

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        18     -3       19
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        18     -3       19
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5


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    86           300 AM
 LOWEST     24           600 PM
 AVERAGE    55

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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 2017...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT
MAY  6 2017...........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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