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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         72    309 PM  88    1938  67      5       77
  MINIMUM         45    626 AM  24    2000  46     -1       49
  AVERAGE         59                        56      3       63

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.12          2.30 1970   0.09   0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.51                      0.70   0.81     2.55
  SINCE SEP 1      5.74                      3.75   1.99     4.91
  SINCE JAN 1     38.11                     30.47   7.64    28.46

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        6                        10     -4        2
  MONTH TO DATE   69                        68      1       31
  SINCE SEP 1    147                       162    -15       55
  SINCE JUL 1    149                       168    -19       55

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         8     -7       30
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       121    -15      251
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1060     15     1352
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77          1100 PM
 LOWEST     24           200 PM
 AVERAGE    51

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        23      1895


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  9 2014.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   643 PM CDT
OCTOBER 10 2014.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 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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