Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 05-06
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  95°F (1934)
    
 
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      2:  93°F (1880)
    
 
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      3:  87°F (1896)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  28°F (1947)
    
 
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      2:  30°F (1944)
    
 
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      3:  31°F (1989)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
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      1:  71°F (1936)
    
 
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      2:  69°F (1880)
    
 
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      3:  66°F (1916)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  44°F (1931)
    
 
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      2:  49°F (1906)
    
 
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      3:  51°F (1994)
    
 
  
 
  Highest May temperature:
  
  105°F on 05-30-1934.
  Lowest May temperature:
  
  26°F on 05-04-1907.
  Average temperature is 58.6°F
  Average high is 68.8°F
  Average low is 48.3°F
 
  Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  1.58" (2007)
    
 
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      2:  1.33" (1960)
    
 
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      3:  1.32" (1982)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.