844 CDUS43 KDMX 102228 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 527 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2018 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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 68 1207 AM 88 1962 66 2 49 1928 MINIMUM 47 359 PM 26 1964 45 2 43 AVERAGE 58 55 3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.89 1961 0.08 -0.08 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 2.98 0.86 2.12 2.28 SINCE SEP 1 11.30 3.91 7.39 5.07 SINCE JAN 1 37.37 30.63 6.74 27.31 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY MM 1.1 2009 0.0 MM 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 7 10 -3 19 MONTH TO DATE 79 88 -9 36 SINCE SEP 1 165 182 -17 58 SINCE JUL 1 165 188 -23 58 COOLING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 10 -4 19 SINCE SEP 1 172 123 49 225 SINCE JAN 1 1439 1062 377 1305 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 71 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 86 1962 1960 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 21 1987 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. $$