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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT SAT MAY 03 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2025...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                          
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         62    343 PM  88    1949  68     -6       73       
  MINIMUM         45    640 AM  29    1907  47     -2       41       
  AVERAGE         54                        58     -4       57     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.00          1.62 1913   0.17  -0.17     0.00     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.51  -0.31     0.60     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.07                      6.70  -0.63     5.53     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.66                      9.12  -2.46     7.86     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            0.0           3.5  2013   0.0    0.0      0.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.0                       5.6   -2.6      0.8      
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      36.3  -22.0     35.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  TODAY           11                         8      3        8        
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        26      5       20        
  SINCE MAR 1    969                      1243   -274      939        
  SINCE JUL 1   5372                      6036   -664     4805        

 COOLING                                                              
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0        
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0        
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        15      0       18        
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        15      0       18        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                        


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                             
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     55           400 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    71                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1918                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        26      1907                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
MAY  3 2025...........SUNRISE   609 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT     
MAY  4 2025...........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 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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