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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA          
227 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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         69    405 PM  89    1938  64      5       61       
  MINIMUM         42    633 AM  28    1952  43     -1       48       
                                      1893                          
  AVERAGE         56                        53      3       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.75 1880   0.09  -0.09     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.27   2.29     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.32   3.47     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.04   9.12    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  1937   0.0    0.0      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        9                        12     -3       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  147                       145      2       70       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       239    -14       94       
  SINCE JUL 1    227                       245    -18       94       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        26      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2014.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2014.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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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