838 CDUS43 KDMX 300642 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT THU APR 30 2015 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 74 353 PM 92 1910 67 7 53 MINIMUM 47 542 AM 24 1958 46 1 38 AVERAGE 61 57 4 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.71 1984 0.16 -0.16 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 2.52 3.70 -1.18 4.53 SINCE MAR 1 3.01 6.00 -2.99 5.16 SINCE JAN 1 5.03 8.28 -3.25 7.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1907 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.8 SINCE MAR 1 T 7.0 -7.0 6.4 SINCE JUL 1 29.1 35.3 -6.2 48.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 9 -5 19 MONTH TO DATE 291 403 -112 390 SINCE MAR 1 965 1199 -234 1320 SINCE JUL 1 5803 6030 -227 6627 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 12 -5 12 SINCE MAR 1 7 13 -6 12 SINCE JAN 1 7 13 -6 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 600 AM LOWEST 20 300 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 29 1908 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2015.........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT MAY 1 2015...........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$