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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
127 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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         56   1026 AM  88    1975  64     -8       67       
  MINIMUM         54   1159 PM  20    1917  44     10       39       
                                      1909                          
  AVERAGE         55                        54      1       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.39          2.09 2012   0.08   1.31     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.24                      1.11   2.13     2.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.47                      4.16   3.31     4.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     39.84                     30.88   8.96    28.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1983   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                        11     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  131                       121     10       52       
  SINCE SEP 1    209                       215     -6       76       
  SINCE JUL 1    211                       221    -10       76       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        11    -10       31       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       124    -18      252       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1063     12     1353       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     86           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    93                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        88      1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        23      1939                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 14 2014.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 15 2014.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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