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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
127 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 9 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    448 PM 102    1930  86     -4       93       
  MINIMUM         61    524 AM  48    1895  67     -6       76       
  AVERAGE         72                        76     -4       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.31 1988   0.16  -0.16     0.06    
                                      1881                          
  MONTH TO DATE    2.02                      1.41   0.61     0.06    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.51                      6.35   3.16     3.29    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.66                     19.53   1.13    21.61    
                                                                     
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    2                         0      2        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      2                        17    -15       19       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                         0      2        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                        11     -4       20       
  MONTH TO DATE   62                        99    -37      111       
  SINCE JUN 1    318                       320     -2      366       
  SINCE JAN 1    449                       396     53      468       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         

                                                                     
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    78           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       103      1936                    
                                             1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        49      1945                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 10 2014..........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   850 PM CDT   
JULY 11 2014..........SUNRISE   551 AM CDT   SUNSET   849 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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