931 CDUS43 KDMX 050632 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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 67 409 PM 92 1938 68 -1 80 MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 29 1999 47 8 61 1968 1935 AVERAGE 61 58 3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.26 2013 0.08 0.01 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 0.36 -0.13 0.07 SINCE SEP 1 3.02 3.41 -0.39 5.57 SINCE JAN 1 25.26 30.13 -4.87 30.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 8 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 31 -27 2 SINCE SEP 1 26 125 -99 23 SINCE JUL 1 26 131 -105 23 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 15 4 11 6 SINCE SEP 1 221 117 104 223 SINCE JAN 1 1301 1056 245 1420 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 48 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1988 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2017.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2017.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$