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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
142 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         54    334 AM  92    1997  69    -15       79       
  MINIMUM         39   1159 PM  29    1888  47     -8       67       
  AVERAGE         47                        58    -11       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.61 1942   0.10  -0.10     0.15    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.38                      0.28   1.10     0.15    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.61                      3.33   2.28     2.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.98                     30.05   7.93    26.06    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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       18                         8     10        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        23     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    100                       117    -17       24       
  SINCE JUL 1    102                       123    -21       24       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        8       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         3     -2       23       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       116    -10      244       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1055     20     1345       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    19.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1999                    
                                             1968                    
                                             1935                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2014.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2014.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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