912 CDUS43 KDMX 050635 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 135 AM CDT FRI MAY 05 2023 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 80 500 PM 91 1918 68 12 60 MINIMUM 47 540 AM 26 1907 48 -1 41 AVERAGE 64 58 6 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 2003 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.67 -0.67 0.99 SINCE MAR 1 3.87 6.86 -2.99 8.09 SINCE JAN 1 7.52 9.28 -1.76 9.75 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1917 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 10.4 5.7 4.7 10.2 SINCE JUL 1 33.1 36.4 -3.3 36.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 8 -7 14 MONTH TO DATE 39 34 5 69 SINCE MAR 1 1270 1251 19 1397 SINCE JUL 1 5859 6044 -185 5889 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE MAR 1 16 16 0 1 SINCE JAN 1 16 16 0 1 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 50 1100 PM LOWEST 17 400 PM AVERAGE 34 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2023...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT MAY 6 2023...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$