336 CDUS43 KDMX 100635 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1235 AM CST THU DEC 10 2020 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ....................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 58 258 PM 33 25 38 MINIMUM 25 1134 PM 16 9 10 AVERAGE 42 25 17 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.04 -0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.47 -0.47 SINCE JAN 1 24.04 34.12 -10.08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 40 -17 41 MONTH TO DATE 281 347 -66 294 SINCE DEC 1 281 347 -66 294 SINCE JUL 1 1700 1801 -101 1862 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 939 752 187 848 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 1100 PM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 10 2020......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 443 PM CST DECEMBER 11 2020......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 443 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$