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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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         80    421 PM  92    1966  69     11       77       
  MINIMUM         53    552 AM  28    1885  49      4       56       
                                      1931                           
  AVERAGE         67                        59      8       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.10          1.76 1997   0.16  -0.06     0.86     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      1.16  -0.86     2.01     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.17                      7.35  -1.18     6.94     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.76                      9.77  -3.01     9.27     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      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        0                         7     -7        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   48                        56     -8       40        
  SINCE MAR 1    986                      1273   -287      959        
  SINCE JUL 1   5389                      6066   -677     4825        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        2        
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         7     -5        2        
  SINCE MAR 1     17                        19     -2       20        
  SINCE JAN 1     17                        19     -2       20        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)        
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)        
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                                 


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           800 PM                                      
 LOWEST     31           500 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    56                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        94      1934                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        32      1954                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
MAY  8 2025...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 PM CDT     
MAY  9 2025...........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 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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