000 CDUS43 KDMX 072328 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 528 PM CST SAT NOV 7 2009 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 7 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 73 322 PM 79 1915 51 22 40 MINIMUM 50 739 AM -3 1991 33 17 33 AVERAGE 62 42 20 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.29 1932 0.08 -0.08 0.02 MONTH TO DATE T 0.56 -0.56 1.15 SINCE SEP 1 7.78 6.33 1.45 8.50 SINCE JAN 1 34.67 31.85 2.82 46.24 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 2.2 1925 0.1 -0.1 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.1 SINCE SEP 1 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.1 SINCE JUL 1 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 3 23 -20 28 MONTH TO DATE 99 149 -50 59 SINCE SEP 1 659 638 21 487 SINCE JUL 1 673 645 28 487 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 700 AM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 80 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 -4 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$