783 CDUS43 KDMX 140846 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1245 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13 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 53 958 AM 64 1921 34 19 57 MINIMUM 46 1057 PM -14 1961 18 28 43 1917 AVERAGE 50 26 24 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.79R 0.89 1920 0.05 1.74 T MONTH TO DATE 2.98 0.68 2.30 T SINCE DEC 1 2.98 0.68 2.30 T SINCE JAN 1 42.17 35.28 6.89 40.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.8 1920 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 3.8 -3.1 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.7 3.8 -3.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 7.6 6.7 0.9 5.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 39 -24 15 MONTH TO DATE 299 475 -176 410 SINCE DEC 1 299 475 -176 410 SINCE JUL 1 1180 1733 -553 1727 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1211 1066 145 1075 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 86 1100 AM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 60 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -17 1901 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 14 2015......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST DECEMBER 15 2015......SUNRISE 734 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$