993 CDUS43 KDMX 080636 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1234 AM CST WED FEB 8 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 7 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 49 1232 AM 63 1987 34 15 45 MINIMUM 23 1159 PM -21 1905 16 7 29 AVERAGE 36 25 11 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.75 1928 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.28 -0.28 0.40 SINCE DEC 1 3.15 2.70 0.45 6.52 SINCE JAN 1 1.74 1.28 0.46 1.08 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.4 2005 0.4 -0.4 T MONTH TO DATE T 2.3 -2.3 4.2 SINCE DEC 1 6.3 19.8 -13.5 15.9 SINCE JUL 1 6.3 22.7 -16.4 22.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 40 -11 28 MONTH TO DATE 239 285 -46 241 SINCE DEC 1 2541 2807 -266 2393 SINCE JUL 1 3224 4065 -841 3274 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 62 1100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 60 1999 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -21 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 8 2017......SUNRISE 718 AM CST SUNSET 540 PM CST FEBRUARY 9 2017......SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$