000 CDUS43 KDMX 062327 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 527 PM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 70 337 PM 76 1909 52 18 55 MINIMUM 47 105 AM 10 1991 33 14 40 AVERAGE 59 43 16 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.74 2000 0.08 -0.08 0.45 MONTH TO DATE T 0.48 -0.48 1.13 SINCE SEP 1 7.78 6.25 1.53 8.48 SINCE JAN 1 34.67 31.77 2.90 46.22 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 3.3 1991 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 6 22 -16 17 MONTH TO DATE 96 126 -30 31 SINCE SEP 1 656 615 41 459 SINCE JUL 1 670 622 48 459 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE SEP 1 108 122 -14 115 SINCE JAN 1 894 1052 -158 931 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 600 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 79 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 -3 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 6 2009......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 503 PM CST NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$