IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 20 October 2015

20 straight dry days

Posted: 20 Oct 2015 05:36 AM

It is not your imagination, it has been very dry this October! For Des Moines, the last reported precipitation was 20 days ago back on 29 September. The featured chart displays the longest dry periods for Des Moines for each day of the year. The longest streak shown by the chart is 29 days back in 1952. This analysis counts trace reports as precipitation events. There is a chance of rain today and then again to end the week.

Voting:
Good = 14
Bad = 11
Abstain = 7

Tags:   dry   precip