229 CDUS43 KDMX 260647 RRC CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT WED OCT 26 2016 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 61 155 PM 87 1927 59 2 64 MINIMUM 50 655 AM 14 1887 40 10 38 AVERAGE 56 50 6 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.42 1986 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.82 2.14 -1.32 0.50 SINCE SEP 1 6.32 5.19 1.13 5.75 SINCE JAN 1 31.65 31.91 -0.26 34.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1898 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 15 -6 14 MONTH TO DATE 145 283 -138 172 SINCE SEP 1 166 377 -211 200 SINCE JUL 1 166 383 -217 202 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 30 11 19 15 SINCE SEP 1 247 124 123 258 SINCE JAN 1 1444 1063 381 1210 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 1000 PM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 85 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 16 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2016.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2016.......SUNRISE 741 AM CDT SUNSET 615 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$