AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
837 
CDUS43 KDMX 291151 CCA
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
201 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2015


...................................

...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         51    842 AM  84    1927  58     -7       58
  MINIMUM         37   1159 PM   7    1925  39     -2       42
  AVERAGE         44                        48     -4       50

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          1.21 1982   0.08  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      2.39  -1.27     3.78
  SINCE SEP 1      6.37                      5.44   0.93     8.01
  SINCE JAN 1     35.54                     32.16   3.38    40.38

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  1913   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       21                        17      4       15
  MONTH TO DATE  220                       332   -112      244
  SINCE SEP 1    248                       426   -178      322
  SINCE JUL 1    250                       432   -182      324

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        11      4        1
  SINCE SEP 1    258                       124    134      106
  SINCE JAN 1   1210                      1063    147     1075
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    42   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

..........................................................


THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        89      1937
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        11      1925


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 29 2015.......SUNRISE   743 AM CDT   SUNSET   614 PM CDT
OCTOBER 30 2015.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   612 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




$$