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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         67    258 PM  95    1963  68     -1       70       
  MINIMUM         43   1219 AM  30    1988  47     -4       49       
                                      1952                          
  AVERAGE         55                        57     -2       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1954   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.38                      0.45   0.93     2.41    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.61                      3.50   2.11     4.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.98                     30.22   7.76    28.32    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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       10                         9      1        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        40     11        5       
  SINCE SEP 1    129                       134     -5       29       
  SINCE JUL 1    131                       140     -9       29       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         5     -4       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       118    -12      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1057     18     1352       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
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    76           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        94      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        24      1952                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2014.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2014.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 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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