Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IA-PK-8 Latitude 41.61606
Station Name Des Moines 3.9 NW Longitude -93.670783
County Polk Elevation (ft) 846



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 10 2.55 0.71 19 0.66 14 0.05 5 1 5 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 2.20 2.75 18 2.59 7 0.16 11 3 5 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 1.33 0.01 1 0.01 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 11 0.91 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 11 1.14 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 11 2.26 0.92 6 0.90 3 0.02 3 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
April 11 3.59 4.55 21 4.55 20 0.00 1 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
May 11 4.77 6.38 29 5.37 24 1.01 5 2 11 0 0.0 0 0
June 11 4.98 10.71 29 10.71 27 0.00 2 1 13 0 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.66 2.45 24 1.85 22 0.60 2 1 6 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.97 3.34 16 3.29 12 0.05 4 1 8 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 3.15 0.70 5 0.07 2 0.63 3 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 35.51" 32.52" 168 days 30.00" 132 2.52" 36 days 11 64 days 2 days 0.0" 0 days 0 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2010 0.00
10/2/2010 0.00
10/3/2010 0.00
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.00
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010
10/8/2010 0.00
10/9/2010 **
10/10/2010 **
10/11/2010 **
10/12/2010 **
10/13/2010 0.05
10/14/2010 0.00
10/15/2010
10/16/2010
10/17/2010
10/18/2010
10/19/2010
10/20/2010
10/21/2010
10/22/2010
10/23/2010 0.34
10/24/2010
10/25/2010 0.03
10/26/2010 0.25
10/27/2010 0.03
10/28/2010 0.01
10/29/2010
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010
11/1/2010
11/2/2010
11/3/2010
11/4/2010
11/5/2010
11/6/2010
11/7/2010
11/8/2010
11/9/2010
11/10/2010 0.00
11/11/2010
11/12/2010 0.55
11/13/2010 1.76
11/14/2010
11/15/2010
11/16/2010
11/17/2010 **
11/18/2010 **
11/19/2010 **
11/20/2010 0.00 **
11/21/2010 0.06 0.06
11/22/2010 0.02
11/23/2010 **
11/24/2010 **
11/25/2010 **
11/26/2010 0.10
11/27/2010
11/28/2010 **
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.20
12/1/2010 0.01
12/2/2010
12/3/2010
12/4/2010
12/5/2010
12/6/2010
12/7/2010
12/8/2010
12/9/2010
12/10/2010
12/11/2010
12/12/2010
12/13/2010
12/14/2010
12/15/2010
12/16/2010
12/17/2010
12/18/2010
12/19/2010
12/20/2010
12/21/2010
12/22/2010
12/23/2010
12/24/2010
12/25/2010
12/26/2010
12/27/2010
12/28/2010
12/29/2010
12/30/2010
12/31/2010
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011
1/2/2011
1/3/2011
1/4/2011
1/5/2011
1/6/2011
1/7/2011
1/8/2011
1/9/2011
1/10/2011
1/11/2011
1/12/2011
1/13/2011
1/14/2011
1/15/2011
1/16/2011
1/17/2011
1/18/2011
1/19/2011
1/20/2011
1/21/2011
1/22/2011
1/23/2011
1/24/2011
1/25/2011
1/26/2011
1/27/2011
1/28/2011
1/29/2011
1/30/2011
1/31/2011
2/1/2011
2/2/2011
2/3/2011
2/4/2011
2/5/2011
2/6/2011
2/7/2011
2/8/2011
2/9/2011
2/10/2011
2/11/2011
2/12/2011
2/13/2011
2/14/2011
2/15/2011
2/16/2011
2/17/2011
2/18/2011
2/19/2011
2/20/2011
2/21/2011
2/22/2011
2/23/2011
2/24/2011
2/25/2011
2/26/2011
2/27/2011
2/28/2011
3/1/2011
3/2/2011
3/3/2011
3/4/2011
3/5/2011
3/6/2011
3/7/2011
3/8/2011
3/9/2011
3/10/2011
3/11/2011
3/12/2011
3/13/2011
3/14/2011
3/15/2011
3/16/2011
3/17/2011
3/18/2011
3/19/2011
3/20/2011 0.12 **
3/21/2011 **
3/22/2011 0.02
3/23/2011 0.73
3/24/2011 0.05
3/25/2011
3/26/2011
3/27/2011
3/28/2011
3/29/2011
3/30/2011
3/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 0.03
4/2/2011
4/3/2011
4/4/2011 0.05
4/5/2011 0.00
4/6/2011
4/7/2011
4/8/2011 1.04
4/9/2011 0.00
4/10/2011 0.00
4/11/2011
4/12/2011
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 T
4/15/2011 0.28
4/16/2011 1.09
4/17/2011 0.00
4/18/2011 0.15
4/19/2011 0.53
4/20/2011 0.12
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.05
4/23/2011
4/24/2011
4/25/2011
4/26/2011 0.99
4/27/2011 0.22
4/28/2011 0.00
4/29/2011 0.00
4/30/2011 **
5/1/2011 0.11
5/2/2011 0.00
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 0.00
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 0.04
5/7/2011 0.00
5/8/2011 0.00
5/9/2011 0.00
5/10/2011 0.00
5/11/2011 0.00
5/12/2011 1.00
5/13/2011 0.79
5/14/2011 0.13
5/15/2011 0.43
5/16/2011 0.15
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011
5/19/2011 0.00
5/20/2011
5/21/2011 **
5/22/2011 **
5/23/2011 **
5/24/2011 0.90
5/25/2011 2.18
5/26/2011 0.00
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 0.03
5/29/2011 0.47
5/30/2011 0.05
5/31/2011 0.10
6/1/2011
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 0.00
6/6/2011 0.00
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.51
6/10/2011 3.56
6/11/2011 0.10
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.01
6/14/2011 2.30
6/15/2011 0.35
6/16/2011 0.00
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 **
6/19/2011 0.00
6/20/2011 2.05
6/21/2011 0.79
6/22/2011 0.03
6/23/2011 0.10
6/24/2011 0.01
6/25/2011 0.00
6/26/2011 0.25
6/27/2011 0.65
6/28/2011 0.00
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.00
7/2/2011 0.00
7/3/2011 0.00
7/4/2011 0.01
7/5/2011 0.00
7/6/2011
7/7/2011 0.00
7/8/2011 0.00
7/9/2011
7/10/2011
7/11/2011 0.35
7/12/2011 0.00
7/13/2011 0.46
7/14/2011 0.00
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.07
7/17/2011 0.00
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.10
7/22/2011 0.86
7/23/2011 **
7/24/2011 0.60
7/25/2011
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011
7/28/2011 0.00
7/29/2011 0.00
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011
8/1/2011
8/2/2011
8/3/2011
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.02
8/6/2011 0.23
8/7/2011 0.18
8/8/2011 0.30
8/9/2011
8/10/2011
8/11/2011
8/12/2011
8/13/2011
8/14/2011
8/15/2011
8/16/2011 0.63
8/17/2011 M
8/18/2011
8/19/2011 0.42
8/20/2011 T
8/21/2011 0.00
8/22/2011
8/23/2011 0.00
8/24/2011
8/25/2011
8/26/2011
8/27/2011 0.01 **
8/28/2011 **
8/29/2011 **
8/30/2011 0.05
8/31/2011 1.50
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011
9/3/2011 0.07
9/4/2011 **
9/5/2011 **
9/6/2011 0.63
9/7/2011
9/8/2011
9/9/2011
9/10/2011
9/11/2011
9/12/2011
9/13/2011
9/14/2011
9/15/2011
9/16/2011
9/17/2011
9/18/2011
9/19/2011
9/20/2011
9/21/2011
9/22/2011
9/23/2011
9/24/2011
9/25/2011
9/26/2011
9/27/2011
9/28/2011
9/29/2011
9/30/2011



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
10/25/2010 6:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/26/2010 8:30 AM 0.25 M M M M
10/27/2010 6:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M very windy on 10/27
10/30/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2010 6:00 AM 0.55 M M M M
11/13/2010 7:50 AM 1.76 M M M M
11/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2010 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
11/22/2010 11:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M rained 11/29, stopping by 6 pm
12/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M accumulated melt from intermittent snow flurries yesterday
3/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.12 M M M M storm hit around 3 a.m. - power out briefly
3/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.73 M M M M severe thunderstorm warnings, lightning, & tornados to our south last evening.
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/1/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M brief hail last evening (4/3) approx 1/2-3/4" in diameter around 6:45 p.m.
4/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2011 7:30 AM 1.04 M M M M
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
4/15/2011 8:00 AM 0.28 M M M M 0.18 yesterday (4/14) late morning, then another 0.1 overnight.
4/16/2011 7:50 AM 1.09 M M M M in the mid-30s & windy - April in Iowa
4/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
4/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.53 M M M M
4/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
4/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/26/2011 9:45 AM 0.99 M M M M
4/27/2011 8:00 AM 0.22 M M M M all rain stopped by midnight
4/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
5/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2011 5:10 AM 1.00 M M M M 0.2" Wednesday during the day, then 0.8" ovenight
5/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.79 M M M M storm came thru around 4 a.m. - still raining lightly
5/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
5/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.43 M M M M
5/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
5/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2011 8:00 AM 2.18 M M M M
5/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M 0.24 yesterday a.m., then 0.23 from storm with thunder & lightning going on now.
5/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
5/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2011 5:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
6/10/2011 6:00 AM 3.56 M M M M had 1.76" of hard rain & hail Thursday a.m., a lull in the afternoon & early evening, & then it started up again after 8 p.m.
6/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 2.30 M M M M
6/15/2011 7:50 AM 0.35 M M M M
6/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 2.05 M M M M
6/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.79 M M M M
6/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/25/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M thunder in the distance, but no rain yet ...
6/26/2011 7:30 AM 0.25 M M M M
6/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.65 M M M M
6/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M already 79 degrees outside ...
7/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2011 8:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
7/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M
7/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
7/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
7/22/2011 7:20 AM 0.86 M M M M
7/26/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
8/8/2011 6:50 AM 0.30 M M M M heavy rain around 2 a.m.
8/16/2011 10:00 AM 0.63 M M M M
8/17/2011 6:00 AM M M M M M (edit: daily precip initially recorded as 0.02". changed to NA due to incongruity with surrounding stations. observer contacted. P.G.)
8/19/2011 8:00 AM 0.42 M M M M
8/20/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2011 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M light rain from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on 8/26
8/31/2011 8:00 AM 1.50 M M M M rained steadily from around 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. yesterday
9/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/9/2010 10/13/2010 6:00 AM 5 0.05 M M
11/17/2010 11/21/2010 9:00 AM 5 0.06 M M
11/23/2010 11/26/2010 11:00 AM 4 0.10 M M
11/28/2010 11/29/2010 6:00 AM 2 0.00 M M
3/20/2011 3/22/2011 12:05 PM 3 0.02 M M slight amount of rain afternoon of 3/20.
4/30/2011 5/01/2011 7:00 PM 2 0.11 M M rained late Friday evening to early Saturday morning.
5/21/2011 5/24/2011 6:00 AM 4 0.90 M M
6/18/2011 6/19/2011 7:00 PM 2 0.00 M M
7/23/2011 7/24/2011 7:00 PM 2 0.60 M M
8/27/2011 8/30/2011 7:30 AM 4 0.05 M M rained on Sunday, 8/28 in late morning
9/4/2011 9/06/2011 7:30 PM 3 0.63 M M had been out of town - rained Saturday during the day, nothing since then.



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground