CDUS43 KDMX 040634 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT MON MAY 04 2026 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 325 PM 88 1949 68 8 62 MINIMUM 51 542 AM 29 1907 47 4 44 AVERAGE 64 58 6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1913 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.51 -0.51 0.20 SINCE MAR 1 9.14 6.70 2.44 6.07 SINCE JAN 1 10.74 9.12 1.62 6.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 3.5 5.6 -2.1 3.0 SINCE JUL 1 30.1 36.3 -6.2 14.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 8 -7 12 MONTH TO DATE 32 26 6 32 SINCE MAR 1 926 1243 -317 970 SINCE JUL 1 5228 6036 -808 5373 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 44 15 29 15 SINCE JAN 1 44 15 29 15 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 48 600 AM LOWEST 20 500 PM AVERAGE 34 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2026...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 5 2026...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$