AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
835 
CDUS43 KDMX 010627
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT WED NOV 1 2017


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

...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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         36    452 PM  86    1950  57    -21       65       
  MINIMUM         23    636 AM  18    1949  38    -15       47       
  AVERAGE         30                        47    -17       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.87 1922   0.08  -0.08      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    4.50                      2.64   1.86     0.91    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.29                      5.69   1.60     6.41    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.53                     32.41  -2.88    31.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        18     17        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  298                       384    -86      185       
  SINCE SEP 1    320                       478   -158      206       
  SINCE JUL 1    320                       484   -164      206       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        14      6       33       
  SINCE SEP 1    226                       127     99      250       
  SINCE JAN 1   1306                      1066    240     1447       
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         

                                                                     
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    74           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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

                                                                     
THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        82      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        16      1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  1 2017......SUNRISE   747 AM CDT   SUNSET   609 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  2 2017......SUNRISE   748 AM CDT   SUNSET   608 PM CDT   

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




$$