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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
135 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         72    412 PM  88    1938  67      5       82       
  MINIMUM         43    641 AM  24    2000  46     -3       56       
  AVERAGE         58                        56      2       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1970   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.17                      0.70  -0.53     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.67                      3.75   1.92     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.00                     30.47   0.53    34.42    
                                                                     
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 SEP 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        7                        10     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   23                        68    -45       51       
  SINCE SEP 1     44                       162   -118       79       
  SINCE JUL 1     44                       168   -124       81       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        4       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         8      0        8       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       121    104      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1422                      1060    362     1203       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        23      1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2016.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2016.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 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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