000 CDUS43 KDMX 100634 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 2010... 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) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 26 302 PM 61 1976 33 -7 60 MINIMUM -9 706 AM -23 1899 16 -25 36 AVERAGE 9 25 -16 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.62 1939 0.04 -0.04 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 0.35 0.17 0.07 SINCE DEC 1 5.02 2.71 2.31 2.86 SINCE JAN 1 2.19 1.38 0.81 0.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.3 6.3 1960 0.3 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 9.8 2.7 7.1 T SINCE DEC 1 51.3 19.2 32.1 27.0 SINCE JUL 1 52.4 24.1 28.3 31.1 SNOW DEPTH 16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 41 15 17 MONTH TO DATE 383 379 4 310 SINCE DEC 1 3177 2991 186 3107 SINCE JUL 1 4288 4291 -3 4310 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 AM LOWEST 65 1200 AM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 66 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -20 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 10 2010......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST FEBRUARY 11 2010......SUNRISE 715 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. $$ KLP