789 CDUS43 KDMX 170628 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 127 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2018 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 356 PM 90 1939 72 11 89 1936 1894 MINIMUM 59 438 AM 33 1890 52 7 64 AVERAGE 71 62 9 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1896 0.16 -0.16 0.59 MONTH TO DATE 3.91 2.48 1.43 2.41 SINCE MAR 1 7.98 8.64 -0.66 10.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.78 10.92 -0.14 12.55 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 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 0 5 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 23 101 -78 63 SINCE MAR 1 1450 1309 141 1078 SINCE JUL 1 6101 6140 -39 4778 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 12 MONTH TO DATE 48 20 28 45 SINCE MAR 1 53 34 19 60 SINCE JAN 1 53 34 19 60 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 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 90 500 AM LOWEST 35 600 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 36 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2018...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT MAY 18 2018...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$