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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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         90   1232 PM 105    2012  86      4       93       
  MINIMUM         69   1155 PM  52    1887  67      2       79       
  AVERAGE         80                        76      4       86      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.03 1896   0.14  -0.14      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.33                      3.41  -2.08     6.98    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.67                      8.35  -4.68     8.45    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.64                     21.53  -2.89    19.69    
                                                                     
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       15                        11      4       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  370                       260    110      279       
  SINCE JUN 1    677                       481    196      657       
  SINCE JAN 1    757                       557    200      750       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1906                    
                                             1891                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 24 2017..........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT   
JULY 25 2017..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 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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