After some blustery and chilly days this October, very warm weather returned on Sunday with the high temperature, once again, exceeding 80 degrees for Des Moines. Des Moines has already recorded the most number of days over 80 in any year for the site. The featured chart looks at the local day temperature departure for days this year that have been over 80. The very anomalously warm days in March were certainly the most exceptional of the year. The bottom chart shows the percentage of days over 80 that were also 10+ degrees warmer than long term average. 2012 shows up again with its contemporaries of 1934 and 1936.

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