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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 10 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         85    253 PM 103    1936  86     -1       86       
                                      1930                          
  MINIMUM         64    548 AM  49    1945  67     -3       68       
  AVERAGE         75                        76     -1       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.83 2002   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.02                      1.55   0.47     0.06    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.51                      6.49   3.02     3.29    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.66                     19.67   0.99    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       10                        11     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   72                       110    -38      123       
  SINCE JUN 1    328                       331     -3      378       
  SINCE JAN 1    459                       407     52      480       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       103      1954                    
                                             1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        54      1945                    
                                             1926                    
                                             1898                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 11 2014..........SUNRISE   551 AM CDT   SUNSET   849 PM CDT   
JULY 12 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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