211 CDUS43 KDMX 100701 RRB CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 159 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 605 PM 87 1938 66 5 70 MINIMUM 63 731 AM 23 1895 45 18 49 AVERAGE 67 56 11 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.82 1.38 1985 0.08 0.74 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.98 0.78 2.20 2.11 SINCE SEP 1 11.30 3.83 7.47 4.90 SINCE JAN 1 37.37 30.55 6.82 27.14 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 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 YESTERDAY 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. 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 TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1962 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$