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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT WED OCT 15 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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         63    312 PM  88    1897  64     -1       68       
  MINIMUM         52   1015 AM  23    1939  44      8       46       
  AVERAGE         58                        54      4       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.32          2.10 2007   0.07   0.25     0.46    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.18   2.38     3.01    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.23   3.56     5.37    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     30.95   9.21    28.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                        12     -5        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  138                       133      5       60       
  SINCE SEP 1    216                       227    -11       84       
  SINCE JUL 1    218                       233    -15       84       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.9                                         

                                                                     
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    89          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1952                    
                                             1893                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 15 2014.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 16 2014.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 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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