865 CDUS43 KDMX 210756 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 257 PM 64 1895 31 12 24 MINIMUM 36 459 AM -20 1985 14 22 8 1883 AVERAGE 40 22 18 16 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 0.97 1904 0.03 0.03 T MONTH TO DATE 1.37 0.63 0.74 0.58 SINCE DEC 1 2.78 2.05 0.73 6.02 SINCE JAN 1 1.37 0.63 0.74 0.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.8 1953 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 0.1 5.3 -5.2 2.7 SINCE DEC 1 3.9 14.3 -10.4 10.5 SINCE JUL 1 3.9 17.2 -13.3 17.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 43 -18 49 MONTH TO DATE 794 853 -59 890 SINCE DEC 1 1954 2062 -108 1775 SINCE JUL 1 2637 3320 -683 2656 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 89 100 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 58 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -26 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 21 2017.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST JANUARY 22 2017.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$