247 CDUS43 KDMX 070708 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 71 1140 PM 94 1963 67 4 74 MINIMUM 65 636 PM 24 1952 46 19 50 AVERAGE 68 57 11 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.47R 1.24 1922 0.08 1.39 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.79 0.53 1.26 0.17 SINCE SEP 1 4.58 3.58 1.00 5.67 SINCE JAN 1 26.82 30.30 -3.48 31.00 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 0 9 -9 3 MONTH TO DATE 10 49 -39 5 SINCE SEP 1 32 143 -111 26 SINCE JUL 1 32 149 -117 26 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 6 12 8 SINCE SEP 1 224 119 105 225 SINCE JAN 1 1304 1058 246 1422 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 90 1000 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2017.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 8 2017.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$