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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT MON JUL 17 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         94    347 PM 102    1936  86      8       84
  MINIMUM         75   1159 PM  53    1906  67      8       64
  AVERAGE         85                        76      9       74

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.31 1922   0.14  -0.14      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.29                      2.44  -1.15     2.91
  SINCE JUN 1      3.63                      7.38  -3.75     4.38
  SINCE JAN 1     18.60                     20.56  -1.96    15.62

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        0
  SINCE JUN 1      2                        17    -15        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       20                        12      8        9
  MONTH TO DATE  232                       181     51      162
  SINCE JUN 1    539                       402    137      540
  SINCE JAN 1    619                       478    141      633
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           300 AM
 LOWEST     44           300 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       104      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        49      1911


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 17 2017..........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT
JULY 18 2017..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 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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