000 CDUS43 KDMX 100634 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 34 719 PM 61 1976 34 0 12 MINIMUM 10 438 AM -23 1899 17 -7 0 AVERAGE 22 25 -3 6 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.62 1939 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 0.36 0.05 0.47 SINCE DEC 1 3.39 2.82 0.57 2.31 SINCE JAN 1 0.85 1.38 -0.53 1.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.3 1960 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.6 3.0 1.6 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 11.0 19.9 -8.9 31.5 SINCE JUL 1 14.7 23.0 -8.3 31.5 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 40 3 59 MONTH TO DATE 297 365 -68 460 SINCE DEC 1 2342 2887 -545 3171 SINCE JUL 1 3418 4145 -727 4182 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 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 85 900 PM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 66 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -20 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 10 2012......SUNRISE 717 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST FEBRUARY 11 2012......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$