525 CDUS43 KDMX 170649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1249 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2025 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 120 PM 59 1990 31 14 7 MINIMUM 26 1228 AM -20 1888 13 13 -11 AVERAGE 36 22 14 -2 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1980 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.55 -0.50 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 1.71 2.13 -0.42 2.82 SINCE JAN 1 0.05 0.55 -0.50 1.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1885 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.1 4.5 -3.4 23.1 SINCE DEC 1 4.3 12.4 -8.1 23.3 SINCE JUL 1 4.3 15.6 -11.3 25.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 43 -14 67 MONTH TO DATE 718 679 39 737 SINCE DEC 1 1768 1835 -67 1584 SINCE JUL 1 2632 3082 -450 2566 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 800 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 59 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -19 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2025.......SUNRISE 738 AM CST SUNSET 512 PM CST JANUARY 18 2025.......SUNRISE 737 AM CST SUNSET 514 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$