CDUS43 KDMX 282351 CLIDMX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 535 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2010 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 2010... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2010 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 68 1243 PM 92 1930 59 9 58 MINIMUM 48 615 AM 20 1989 38 10 39 AVERAGE 58 48 10 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.69 1887 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.48 1.06 0.42 0.57 SINCE MAR 1 3.66 3.27 0.39 5.30 SINCE JAN 1 6.41 5.49 0.92 6.68 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 3.1 1997 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.0 -1.0 1.3 SINCE MAR 1 6.7 5.1 1.6 1.4 SINCE JUL 1 69.0 34.7 34.3 41.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 7 17 -10 16 MONTH TO DATE 101 184 -83 218 SINCE MAR 1 814 1010 -196 941 SINCE JUL 1 5970 6012 -42 5917 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 0 11 0 SINCE MAR 1 13 1 12 0 SINCE JAN 1 13 1 12 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 300 AM LOWEST 29 400 PM AVERAGE 42 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2010.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 11 2010.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$