623 CDUS43 KDMX 170627 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1227 AM CST THU DEC 17 2020 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16 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 24 223 PM 31 -7 28 MINIMUM 6 720 AM 14 -8 8 AVERAGE 15 22 -7 18 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.03 -0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.73 -0.54 SINCE JAN 1 24.23 34.38 -10.15 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 50 43 7 47 MONTH TO DATE 564 639 -75 619 SINCE DEC 1 564 639 -75 619 SINCE JUL 1 1983 2093 -110 2187 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1100 PM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2020......SUNRISE 737 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST DECEMBER 18 2020......SUNRISE 738 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ANSORGE