175 CDUS43 KDMX 292231 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 531 PM CDT SUN OCT 29 2023 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 2023... VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 37 359 PM 89 1937 57 -20 66 MINIMUM 31 856 AM 11 1925 38 -7 37 AVERAGE 34 47 -13 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY T 1.94 1896 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.90 2.63 -0.73 1.03 SINCE SEP 1 4.33 5.81 -1.48 4.55 SINCE JAN 1 23.13 32.91 -9.78 25.67 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY T 2.5 1923 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 31 18 13 13 MONTH TO DATE 260 348 -88 339 SINCE SEP 1 263 434 -171 404 SINCE JUL 1 265 439 -174 404 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 41 13 28 13 SINCE SEP 1 218 133 85 169 SINCE JAN 1 1287 1068 219 1329 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 400 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 85 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 8 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 29 2023.......SUNRISE 743 AM CDT SUNSET 613 PM CDT OCTOBER 30 2023.......SUNRISE 744 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$