960 CDUS43 KDMX 040631 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1231 AM CST WED DEC 04 2024 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 3 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 33 416 PM 69 2012 40 -7 41 MINIMUM 9 255 AM -8 1919 23 -14 29 AVERAGE 21 32 -11 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 2011 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.18 -0.15 T SINCE DEC 1 0.03 0.18 -0.15 T SINCE JAN 1 34.86 35.15 -0.29 23.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.7 1990 0.2 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 1.2 0.6 0.6 T SINCE DEC 1 1.2 0.6 0.6 T SINCE JUL 1 1.2 3.8 -2.6 2.6 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 33 11 30 MONTH TO DATE 135 98 37 89 SINCE DEC 1 135 98 37 89 SINCE JUL 1 999 1345 -346 1071 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1318 1071 247 1287 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 69 2017 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -6 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2024......SUNRISE 725 AM CST SUNSET 445 PM CST DECEMBER 5 2024......SUNRISE 726 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. $$