This year has seen many very warm days. When compared with the same day for 2011 for Des Moines, this year has had 117 net more warmer days for high temperature! This total dwarfs all previous years on record and interestingly makes for the fourth straight year for more net warmer days than the previous year. Even if you compare this year with previous years for the same period up until 26 October, it is still well ahead of any previous year. This total does look to go down slightly in the coming days as much colder air has arrived and even some snow over northwestern Iowa on Thursday afternoon!

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