Records for Des Moines Area, Iowa (DSMthr) on 05-17
Record Highs
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1: 90°F (1880)
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2: 89°F (1934)
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3: 88°F (1996)
Record Lows
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1: 36°F (1915)
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2: 38°F (1930)
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3: 39°F (2014)
Lowest Highs
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1: 70°F (1911)
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2: 69°F (1962)
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3: 68°F (1996)
Highest Lows
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1: 49°F (1930)
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2: 52°F (1943)
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3: 53°F (1888)
Highest May temperature:
105°F on 05-30-1934.
Lowest May temperature:
26°F on 05-04-1907.
Average temperature is 62.8°F
Average high is 72.7°F
Average low is 52.8°F
Temperature data from 1878 to 2022.
Record Precipitation
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1: 1.96" (1889)
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2: 1.80" (1928)
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3: 1.58" (2019)
Precipitation data from 1878 to 2022.