318 CDUS43 KDMX 150627 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1227 AM CST FRI JAN 15 2016 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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 48 320 PM 57 1914 31 17 28 MINIMUM 31 1248 AM -19 1888 14 17 18 1881 AVERAGE 40 22 18 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 1960 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 0.45 0.01 0.43 SINCE DEC 1 5.90 1.87 4.03 1.46 SINCE JAN 1 0.46 0.45 0.01 0.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.7 1930 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.4 3.6 -3.2 6.5 SINCE DEC 1 8.2 12.6 -4.4 8.4 SINCE JUL 1 15.1 15.5 -0.4 14.2 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 43 -18 42 MONTH TO DATE 572 595 -23 702 SINCE DEC 1 1457 1804 -347 1721 SINCE JUL 1 2338 3062 -724 3038 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1200 AM LOWEST 49 1200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 58 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -27 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 15 2016.......SUNRISE 739 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST JANUARY 16 2016.......SUNRISE 739 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$