Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
091 CXUS53 KDMX 012035 CLMDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 335 PM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 10/05/1963 LOW 7 10/28/1925 HIGHEST 91 10/01 83 8 LOWEST 21 10/31 26 -5 MEAN 55.5 53.2 2.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.0 1.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 4.1 0.9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.41 2019 MINIMUM 0.03 1952 TOTALS 1.90 2.78 -0.88 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.09 -0.03 DAYS >= .01 12 DAYS >= .10 2 DAYS >= .50 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS T 0.5 -0.5 SINCE 7/1 T 0.5 -0.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 328 383 -55 SINCE 7/1 333 476 -143 COOLING TOTAL 41 16 25 SINCE 1/1 1287 1071 216 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/290 DATE 10/06 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 HAIL 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$