583 CDUS43 KDMX 200636 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 133 AM CDT THU APR 20 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 80 509 PM 86 1987 64 16 65 MINIMUM 51 827 AM 25 1928 43 8 49 AVERAGE 66 53 13 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 1.29 1959 0.14 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 2.07 2.19 -0.12 0.87 SINCE MAR 1 5.54 4.49 1.05 2.85 SINCE JAN 1 8.05 6.77 1.28 4.62 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.7 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 3.6 6.7 -3.1 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 14.3 35.0 -20.7 30.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 12 -12 8 MONTH TO DATE 152 298 -146 247 SINCE MAR 1 870 1094 -224 805 SINCE JUL 1 4570 5925 -1355 4788 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 15 2 13 11 SINCE MAR 1 15 3 12 11 SINCE JAN 1 15 3 12 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 52 600 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 86 1987 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2017.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 21 2017.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$