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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2025

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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         80    352 PM  92    1966  69     11       77       
  MINIMUM         53    552 AM  28    1885  49      4       56       
                                      1931                           
  AVERAGE         67                        59      8       67     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  TODAY            0.00          1.76 1997   0.16  -0.16     0.86     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      1.16  -0.96     2.01     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.07                      7.35  -1.28     6.94     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.66                      9.77  -3.11     9.27     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  TODAY            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                                                              
  TODAY            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                                                              
  TODAY            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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                        


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77           700 AM                                      
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    55                                                        

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


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
MAY  7 2025...........SUNRISE   604 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT     
MAY  8 2025...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 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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