393 CDUS43 KDMX 050648 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST MON DEC 5 2016 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 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 39 155 PM 67 1998 38 1 52 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM -6 1886 21 10 27 AVERAGE 35 30 5 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 1.46 1973 0.05 0.41 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.22 0.33 0.04 SINCE DEC 1 0.55 0.22 0.33 0.04 SINCE JAN 1 33.67 34.82 -1.15 39.23 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.7 5.7 1897 0.3 0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 1.1 -0.4 0.7 SINCE DEC 1 0.7 1.1 -0.4 0.7 SINCE JUL 1 0.7 4.0 -3.3 7.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 35 -5 25 MONTH TO DATE 110 139 -29 116 SINCE DEC 1 110 139 -29 116 SINCE JUL 1 793 1397 -604 997 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1448 1066 382 1211 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 85 100 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 67 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -6 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 5 2016......SUNRISE 726 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST DECEMBER 6 2016......SUNRISE 727 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. $$