506 CDUS43 KDMX 210634 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 69 1223 PM 79 1938 51 18 48 MINIMUM 45 626 AM 4 1906 31 14 33 AVERAGE 57 41 16 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1912 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.61 1.38 -0.77 1.43 SINCE MAR 1 0.61 1.38 -0.77 1.43 SINCE JAN 1 3.12 3.66 -0.54 3.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.8 1912 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 2.6 3.7 -1.1 0.3 SINCE MAR 1 2.6 3.7 -1.1 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 13.3 32.0 -18.7 30.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 24 -16 24 MONTH TO DATE 507 560 -53 369 SINCE MAR 1 507 560 -53 369 SINCE JUL 1 4207 5391 -1184 4352 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 700 AM LOWEST 30 600 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 86 1938 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 2 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2017.........SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT MARCH 22 2017.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL