223 CDUS43 KDMX 230629 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 127 AM CDT MON OCT 23 2017 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 67 424 PM 87 1899 61 6 73 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 21 1976 41 6 42 AVERAGE 57 51 6 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.23 2009 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.47 1.88 2.59 0.82 SINCE SEP 1 7.26 4.93 2.33 6.32 SINCE JAN 1 29.50 31.65 -2.15 31.65 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1888 0.0 0.0 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 8 14 -6 7 MONTH TO DATE 106 238 -132 121 SINCE SEP 1 128 332 -204 142 SINCE JUL 1 128 338 -210 142 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 600 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1937 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2017.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2017.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$