661 CDUS43 KDMX 092229 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 528 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 70 359 PM 87 1938 66 4 70 MINIMUM 63 731 AM 23 1895 45 18 49 AVERAGE 67 56 11 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.66 1.38 1985 0.08 0.58 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.82 0.78 2.04 2.11 SINCE SEP 1 11.14 3.83 7.31 4.90 SINCE JAN 1 37.21 30.55 6.66 27.14 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1987 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 10 -10 5 MONTH TO DATE 72 78 -6 17 SINCE SEP 1 158 172 -14 39 SINCE JUL 1 158 178 -20 39 COOLING TODAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 9 -3 19 SINCE SEP 1 172 122 50 225 SINCE JAN 1 1439 1061 378 1305 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 90 100 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1962 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2018.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$