000 CDUS43 KDMX 150801 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 301 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2018 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 82 412 PM 94 2013 72 10 85 MINIMUM 59 355 AM 34 1888 52 7 56 AVERAGE 71 62 9 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.67 1909 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.91 2.17 1.74 1.82 SINCE MAR 1 7.98 8.33 -0.35 9.45 SINCE JAN 1 10.78 10.61 0.17 11.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1993 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 91 -68 63 SINCE MAR 1 1450 1299 151 1078 SINCE JUL 1 6101 6130 -29 4778 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 6 MONTH TO DATE 37 16 21 19 SINCE MAR 1 42 30 12 34 SINCE JAN 1 42 30 12 34 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 800 AM LOWEST 51 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 2017 2012 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1997 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2018...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 16 2018...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL