IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 08 May 2012

Early for 70 degree dew points

Posted: 08 May 2012 05:51 AM

Warm and moist air surged into Iowa this past Saturday pushing dew point readings over 70 degrees Fahrenheit for Des Moines. The featured chart presents the period between the first and last 70 degree dew point each year. Saturday was only the 5th of May making for the earliest 70 degree reading since 1955!

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