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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
235 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         62    117 PM  86    1950  63     -1       64       
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  23    1948  43      7       38       
  AVERAGE         56                        53      3       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.87 1963   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.43   2.13     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.48   3.31     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.20   8.96    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1990   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                        13     -4       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  163                       170     -7      102       
  SINCE SEP 1    241                       264    -23      126       
  SINCE JUL 1    243                       270    -27      126       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        87      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        22      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2014.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   629 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2014.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 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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