637 CDUS43 KDMX 200630 RRE CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 129 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2015 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 19 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 47 505 PM 81 2012 51 -4 45 MINIMUM 36 1147 PM -10 1923 31 5 32 AVERAGE 42 41 1 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.27 1982 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.01 1.30 -1.29 0.29 SINCE MAR 1 0.01 1.30 -1.29 0.29 SINCE JAN 1 2.03 3.58 -1.55 2.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.4 1970 0.2 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE T 3.6 -3.6 5.4 SINCE MAR 1 T 3.6 -3.6 5.4 SINCE JUL 1 29.1 31.9 -2.8 47.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 24 -1 26 MONTH TO DATE 435 536 -101 626 SINCE MAR 1 435 536 -101 626 SINCE JUL 1 5273 5367 -94 5933 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 39 1200 AM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 79 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 4 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 20 2015.........SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT MARCH 21 2015.........SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$