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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
135 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 21 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         93    407 PM 107    1934  86      7       80       
  MINIMUM         71    534 AM  51    1947  67      4       68       
  AVERAGE         82                        76      6       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.33 1933   0.13  -0.13     0.18    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.26                      3.13  -0.87     0.25    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.75                      8.07   1.68     3.48    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.90                     21.25  -0.35    21.80    
                                                                     
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       17                        11      6        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  162                       238    -76      289       
  SINCE JUN 1    418                       459    -41      544       
  SINCE JAN 1    549                       535     14      646       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       109      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1947                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 22 2014..........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 PM CDT   
JULY 23 2014..........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 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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