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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
144 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         55    151 PM  92    1938  68    -13       79       
  MINIMUM         36    634 AM  29    1999  47    -11       64       
                                      1968                          
                                      1935                          
  AVERAGE         46                        58    -12       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.26 2013   0.08  -0.08     2.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.38                      0.36   1.02     2.41    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.61                      3.41   2.20     4.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.98                     30.13   7.85    28.32    
                                                                     
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 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       19                         8     11        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   41                        31     10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    119                       125     -6       24       
  SINCE JUL 1    121                       131    -10       24       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        7       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         4     -3       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       117    -11      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1056     19     1352       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        30      1988                    
                                             1952                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2014.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2014.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 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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