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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
134 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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         63    409 PM  91    1899  65     -2       58       
  MINIMUM         51   1112 PM  24    1909  44      7       40       
  AVERAGE         57                        54      3       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.96 1997   0.09  -0.09     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.03   1.25     0.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.07                      4.08   0.99     6.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.31                     30.80  -3.49    31.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2009   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1986                          
  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        8                        11     -3       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   56                       110    -54       49       
  SINCE SEP 1     78                       204   -126       70       
  SINCE JUL 1     78                       210   -132       70       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        11      8       11       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       124    101      228       
  SINCE JAN 1   1305                      1063    242     1425       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     65           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        88      1975                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        20      1917                    
                                             1909                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 13 2017.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 14 2017.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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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