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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
143 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 24 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         81    134 PM 107    1901  86     -5       82       
  MINIMUM         64    627 AM  52    1906  67     -3       60       
                                      1891                          
  AVERAGE         73                        76     -3       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.14 1939   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.26                      3.54  -1.28     0.66    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.75                      8.48   1.27     3.89    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.90                     21.66  -0.76    22.21    
                                                                     
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        8                        11     -3        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  200                       271    -71      319       
  SINCE JUN 1    456                       492    -36      574       
  SINCE JAN 1    587                       568     19      676       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       110      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        54      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 25 2014..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT   
JULY 26 2014..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   838 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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