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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2018


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         62    319 AM  93    2000  71     -9       74
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  30    1946  51     -1       55
  AVERAGE         56                        61     -5       65

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.13          2.98 1923   0.16  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.94                      1.70   0.24     1.82
  SINCE MAR 1      6.01                      7.86  -1.85     9.45
  SINCE JAN 1      8.81                     10.14  -1.33    11.96

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1966   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      8.1                       7.0    1.1      3.6
  SINCE JUL 1     31.1                      35.3   -4.2     14.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                         6      3        0
  MONTH TO DATE    9                        76    -67       61
  SINCE MAR 1   1436                      1284    152     1076
  SINCE JUL 1   6087                      6115    -28     4776

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        11     20       10
  SINCE MAR 1     36                        25     11       25
  SINCE JAN 1     36                        25     11       25
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86          1000 AM
 LOWEST     42          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    64

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        94      1956
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1946


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 12 2018...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 PM CDT
MAY 13 2018...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 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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