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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
145 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 1 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    323 PM 101    1987  85      5       79
  MINIMUM         63    501 AM  51    1898  67     -4       69
  AVERAGE         77                        76      1       74

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          2.61 1972   0.14  -0.11     0.34
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.14  -0.11     0.34
  SINCE JUN 1      3.80                      9.55  -5.75     8.79
  SINCE JAN 1     18.77                     22.73  -3.96    20.03

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                        18    -16        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       12                        11      1        9
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        11      1        9
  SINCE JUN 1    780                       581    199      761
  SINCE JAN 1    860                       657    203      854
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           500 AM
 LOWEST     34           100 PM
 AVERAGE    62

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       100      1964
                                             1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1907


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  2 2017........SUNRISE   611 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT
AUGUST  3 2017........SUNRISE   612 AM CDT   SUNSET   829 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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