082 CDUS43 KDMX 200630 RRC CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1227 AM CST MON FEB 20 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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 73R 429 PM 70 1930 37 36 60 MINIMUM 40 349 AM -11 1936 20 20 45 AVERAGE 57 29 28 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.09 1888 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.81 -0.61 1.09 SINCE DEC 1 3.35 3.23 0.12 7.21 SINCE JAN 1 1.94 1.81 0.13 1.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.3 2010 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.6 5.7 -3.1 11.4 SINCE DEC 1 8.9 23.2 -14.3 23.1 SINCE JUL 1 8.9 26.1 -17.2 30.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 36 -28 12 MONTH TO DATE 532 743 -211 716 SINCE DEC 1 2834 3265 -431 2868 SINCE JUL 1 3517 4523 -1006 3749 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 400 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 64 1981 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -12 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2017......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2017......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$