IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
After First 64
Posted: 26 Feb 2020 05:34 AM
Yesterday's IEM Daily Feature presented statistics regarding the first spring date with a daily high
temperature of 64 degrees, which Des Moines hit this past Sunday. Today's plot looks into what
happened after such date for the rest of the spring season up until 1 June. The top panel shows the
minimum low temperature each year after the first 64+ degree high temperature. The second panel
shows the minimum low by date of first 64 degree high. The third panel counts the number of days
with low temperature below 32 after such date. The value so far for 2020 is highlighted in red. The
chart shows that having a low temperature down to about zero would be somewhat exceptional, but
not outside of what's happened in the past. The forecast has some chilly temperatures this evening,
but moderation afterwards with another warm weekend in store.
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Voting:
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