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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
138 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         83    225 PM  98    1948  83      0       84
                                      1947
  MINIMUM         60    615 AM  48    1923  64     -4       65
                                      1890
  AVERAGE         72                        74     -2       75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.60 1922   0.14  -0.14     0.51
  MONTH TO DATE    3.84                      3.00   0.84     3.92
  SINCE JUN 1     12.29                     12.41  -0.12    19.49
  SINCE JAN 1     23.53                     25.59  -2.06    28.84

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        18    -18        5
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        2

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        7                         9     -2       10
  MONTH TO DATE  260                       222     38      230
  SINCE JUN 1   1012                       792    220      840
  SINCE JAN 1   1105                       868    237      920
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           600 AM
 LOWEST     46           100 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        99      1975
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        43      1891


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 23 2016........SUNRISE   632 AM CDT   SUNSET   801 PM CDT
AUGUST 24 2016........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   800 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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