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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
208 AM CDT MON JUL 21 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 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         86    344 PM 108    1934  86      0       91       
  MINIMUM         65    607 AM  53    1880  67     -2       65       
  AVERAGE         76                        76      0       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.41 1907   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.26                      3.00  -0.74     0.07    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.75                      7.94   1.81     3.30    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.90                     21.12  -0.22    21.62    
                                                                     
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       11                        11      0       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  145                       227    -82      280       
  SINCE JUN 1    401                       448    -47      535       
  SINCE JAN 1    532                       524      8      637       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1947                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 21 2014..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT   
JULY 22 2014..........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 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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