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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
144 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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         75    346 PM  95    1934  69      6       86
  MINIMUM         55    535 AM  28    1947  49      6       51
  AVERAGE         65                        59      6       69

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.58 2007   0.15  -0.15     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.92  -0.85     0.08
  SINCE MAR 1      7.70                      7.08   0.62     5.43
  SINCE JAN 1     10.21                      9.36   0.85     7.20

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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        0                         7     -7        0
  MONTH TO DATE   61                        45     16       50
  SINCE MAR 1   1076                      1253   -177      945
  SINCE JUL 1   4776                      6084  -1308     4928

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        4
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        4
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        20     -5       23
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        20     -5       23
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    66           600 AM
 LOWEST     20           400 PM
 AVERAGE    43

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1966
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        28      1931
                                             1885


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  7 2017...........SUNRISE   604 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT
MAY  8 2017...........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 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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