National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KMCW May, 2013
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)
1	33	52	41	65	25	1909	92	1992	0.68	1.38 1906	Trace
2	32	36	42	66	25	1908	89	1965	1.63	2.36 2001	6.0
3	31	33	42	66	22	2005	91	1949	0.63	1.06 1913	3.5
4	33	42	42	66	24	1910	90	1918	0.05	2.21 2003	0
5	37	60	43	67	24	1900	91	1924	0	1.40 1982	0
6	42	72	43	67	25	1974	95	1934	0	1.18 2007	0
7	43	74	44	67	26	1989	89	1934	0	1.10 1974	0
8	46	76	44	68	27	1925	91	1934	0.09	1.46 1927	0
9	47	61	44	68	23	1945	91	1895	0.13	2.46 1963	0
10	43	64	45	68	25	1966	94	2011	0	2.64 1967	0
11	36	56	45	69	25	1925	88	1958	0	1.50 1999	0
12	28	59	45	69	26	1895	90	1907	0	1.84 1999	0
13	34	74	46	69	25	1997	91	1940	0	1.71 2004	0
14	56	99	46	70	30	1966	99	2013	0	2.65 1906	0
15	54	77	46	70	28	1983	91	2001	0	1.42 1909	0
16	46	85	47	70	26	1921	91	1936	0.19	2.18 1992	0
17	56	72	47	70	28	1930	94	1934	0.49	1.45 1921	0
18	57	82	48	71	31	2002	97	1934	0	1.21 1921	0
19	62	79	48	71	27	1929	97	1934	1.31	1.31 2013	0
20	59	73	48	71	28	1907	96	1934	0.03	2.36 1959	0
21	56	63	49	72	30	1895	93	1970	Trace	4.59 2004	0
22	51	61	49	72	29	1931	100	1925	0.17	2.50 1898	0
23			49	72	30	1931	89	2012		2.22 1981
24			50	73	32	1930	92	2010		2.27 1914
25			50	73	29	1925	94	1978		2.08 1904
26			50	73	31	1961	93	1967		1.43 1932
27			51	74	32	1907	93	2012		2.00 1927
28			51	74	32	1947	93	2006		2.18 1995
29			51	74	31	1947	98	1934		3.68 1980
30			52	75	31	1930	98	1934		2.83 1980
31			52	75	35	1972	104	1934		2.37 1942
Average	44.6	65.9	46.8	70.2					5.40 Normal = 4.68		9.5 Normal = 0.1

The special shading of colors in the Observed High/Low and Record High/Low/Year columns depict
observed monthly extremes and record monthly extremes and the years in which they occurred.

(The above data is unofficial and may contain errors.)
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