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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT MON MAY 05 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         72    549 PM  91    1918  68      4       63       
  MINIMUM         41    306 AM  26    1907  48     -7       48       
  AVERAGE         57                        58     -1       56     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 2003   0.16  -0.16     0.53     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.67  -0.47     1.13     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.07                      6.86  -0.79     6.06     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.66                      9.28  -2.62     8.39     

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      3.0                       5.7   -2.7      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      36.4  -22.1     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        8                         8      0        9        
  MONTH TO DATE   40                        34      6       29        
  SINCE MAR 1    978                      1251   -273      948        
  SINCE JUL 1   5381                      6044   -663     4814        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0        
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        16     -1       18        
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        16     -1       18        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)        
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)        
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.4                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  HAZE                                                                


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     36           600 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    65                                                        

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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 2025...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT     
MAY  6 2025...........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.




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