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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
200 AM CDT MON MAY 22 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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         60    548 PM  94    1886  74    -14       77       
  MINIMUM         46    715 AM  35    1931  54     -8       48       
                                      1883                          
  AVERAGE         53                        64    -11       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.78 1969   0.15  -0.15     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.39                      3.24   1.15     0.97    
  SINCE MAR 1     12.02                      9.40   2.62     6.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.53                     11.68   2.85     8.09    
                                                                     
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       12                         4      8        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   98                       121    -23      128       
  SINCE MAR 1   1113                      1329   -216     1023       
  SINCE JUL 1   4813                      6160  -1347     5006       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        30     22        9       
  SINCE MAR 1     67                        44     23       28       
  SINCE JAN 1     67                        44     23       28       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        98      1925                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        33      1963                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 22 2017...........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT   
MAY 23 2017...........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   835 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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