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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
151 AM CDT SUN MAY 21 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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         70    252 PM  94    1925  74     -4       72       
  MINIMUM         49    604 AM  35    1892  54     -5       55       
  AVERAGE         60                        64     -4       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.34          2.01 1950   0.15   0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.39                      3.09   1.30     0.97    
  SINCE MAR 1     12.02                      9.25   2.77     6.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.53                     11.53   3.00     8.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1892   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        5                         4      1        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   86                       117    -31      126       
  SINCE MAR 1   1101                      1325   -224     1021       
  SINCE JUL 1   4801                      6156  -1355     5004       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        28     24        9       
  SINCE MAR 1     67                        42     25       28       
  SINCE JAN 1     67                        42     25       28       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        94      1886                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        35      1931                    
                                             1883                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 21 2017...........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 PM CDT   
MAY 22 2017...........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 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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