IEM Daily Feature
Saturday, 14 May 2022

Early for 90s Streak

Posted: 14 May 2022 05:20 AM

While still above average for the date, Des Moines "only" hit a high temperature of 81 degrees on Friday ending a streak of four days with a high temperature of at least 90 degrees. The featured chart presents the day of year frequency of participating within a streak of four days of 90+ high temperatures for Des Moines. The right hand side table lists out the earliest and latest streaks with the last day of the streak and the minimum high temperature over those past four days. The streak just ended was the second earliest on record behind one from the Dust Bowl in 1934! The weather on Friday also ended a brutal streak of elevated humidity levels.

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