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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         66    334 PM  87    1938  66      0       76       
  MINIMUM         51   1159 PM  23    1895  45      6       52       
  AVERAGE         59                        56      3       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.32          1.38 1985   0.08   0.24     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.83                      0.78   1.05     2.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.06                      3.83   2.23     4.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.43                     30.55   7.88    28.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   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        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   75                        78     -3       32       
  SINCE SEP 1    153                       172    -19       56       
  SINCE JUL 1    155                       178    -23       56       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         9     -8       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       122    -16      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1061     14     1352       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      1962                    
                                             1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2014.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2014.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 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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