AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
831 
CDUS43 KDMX 190634
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST TUE JAN 19 2016


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

...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         13    408 PM  63    1880  31    -18       50       
  MINIMUM         -2    209 AM -21    1887  14    -16       30       
  AVERAGE          6                        22    -16       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.49 1931   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.48                      0.57  -0.09     0.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.92                      1.99   3.93     1.47    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.48                      0.57  -0.09     0.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.8  1931   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.8                       4.8   -4.0      6.5     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.6                      13.8   -5.2      8.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.5                      16.7   -1.2     14.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       59                        43     16       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  789                       767     22      807       
  SINCE DEC 1   1674                      1976   -302     1826       
  SINCE JUL 1   2555                      3234   -679     3143       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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

                                                                     
THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      1914                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -26      1892                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 19 2016.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
JANUARY 20 2016.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   515 PM CST   

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




$$