151 CDUS43 KDMX 220638 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 133 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 75 354 PM 86 1947 61 14 60 1899 MINIMUM 52 1159 PM 21 1930 41 11 35 AVERAGE 64 51 13 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96 1.28 1908 0.10 0.86 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 1.79 2.68 0.82 SINCE SEP 1 7.26 4.84 2.42 6.32 SINCE JAN 1 29.50 31.56 -2.06 31.65 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1888 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 14 -13 17 MONTH TO DATE 98 224 -126 114 SINCE SEP 1 120 318 -198 135 SINCE JUL 1 120 324 -204 135 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 11 9 30 SINCE SEP 1 226 124 102 247 SINCE JAN 1 1306 1063 243 1444 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 PM LOWEST 64 400 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2017.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2017.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$