IOWA MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY – MAY 2024

General Summary

Temperatures averaged 62.0 degrees or 2.1 degrees above normal while precipitation totaled 7.43 inches or 2.59 inches above normal. May 2024 ties 1980 as the 47th warmest and ranks as the 8th  wettest May in 152 years of statewide records. A warmer May occurred just last year while a wetter May occurred in 2019, which was the 5th wettest.

Justin Glisan, Ph.D.
State Climatologist of Iowa
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Wallace State Office Bldg.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Telephone: (515) 281-8981
E-mail: Justin.Glisan@IowaAgriculture.gov

WEATHER BY DISTRICTS

  TEMPERATURE (F) HEATING DEGREE DAYS     PRECIPITATION (inches)      
                      SNOWFALL
  May 2024 May 2024 Since Jul., 1, 2023 May 2024 Since Jan.1, 2024 May 2024
DISTRICT Average Departure* Average Departure* Average Departure* Average Departure* Average Departure* Average
                       
Northwest 60.7 +1.9 198 -46 6218 -1185 7.29 +3.02 15.89 +5.15 0.0
North Central 60.4 +1.9 202 -46 6171 -1293 9.07 +4.19 17.35 +4.84 0.0
Northeast 60.4 +2.0 197 -50 6111 -1219 8.03 +3.31 16.50 +3.49 0.0
                       
West Central 61.2 +1.2 183 -30 5792 -1028 8.14 +3.42 15.75 +4.03 0.0
Central 61.8 +1.7 172 -39 5632 -1173 8.16 +3.20 16.33 +3.53 0.0
East Central 63.6 +3.0 139 -61 5501 -1127 5.31 +0.69 15.45 +2.17 0.0
                       
Southwest 62.7 +1.4 153 -30 5412 -850 7.77 +2.49 14.64 +1.93 0.0
South Central 63.4 +2.3 140 -47 5218 -1021 7.44 +2.22 16.18 +2.64 0.0
Southeast 64.4 +2.7 124 -51 5181 -956 5.05 -0.07 18.00 +3.90 0.0
                       
STATE 62.0 +2.1 165 -46 5665 -1124 7.43 +2.59 16.25 +3.61 0.0

* Departures are computed from 1991-2020 normals.
The weather data in this report are based upon information collected by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA National Weather Service.