284 CDUS43 KDMX 080702 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 101 AM CST WED MAR 8 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 55 327 PM 79 2000 45 10 72 MINIMUM 37 751 AM -5 1996 26 11 51 AVERAGE 46 36 10 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.11 1990 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.32 0.44 -0.12 T SINCE MAR 1 0.32 0.44 -0.12 T SINCE JAN 1 2.83 2.72 0.11 1.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.5 1891 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.4 -1.4 T SINCE MAR 1 T 1.4 -1.4 T SINCE JUL 1 10.7 29.7 -19.0 30.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 30 -11 3 MONTH TO DATE 145 216 -71 174 SINCE MAR 1 145 216 -71 174 SINCE JUL 1 3845 5047 -1202 4157 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 200 AM LOWEST 19 600 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 78 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -3 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2017.........SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST MARCH 9 2017.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$