596 CDUS43 KDMX 040639 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST MON JAN 4 2016 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 27 658 PM 60 1880 31 -4 41 MINIMUM 19 624 AM -21 1879 15 4 17 AVERAGE 23 23 0 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.45 1971 0.03 -0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.10 -0.10 T SINCE DEC 1 5.44 1.52 3.92 1.03 SINCE JAN 1 0.00 0.10 -0.10 T SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.6 1971 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 T SINCE DEC 1 7.8 9.8 -2.0 1.9 SINCE JUL 1 14.7 12.7 2.0 7.7 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 42 0 36 MONTH TO DATE 121 126 -5 113 SINCE DEC 1 1006 1335 -329 1132 SINCE JUL 1 1887 2593 -706 2449 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 AM LOWEST 68 1200 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 55 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -25 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2016.......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 458 PM CST JANUARY 5 2016.......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 459 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$