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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
205 AM CDT SUN OCT 19 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         59    312 PM  87    1950  62     -3       51       
  MINIMUM         41   1138 PM  22    1972  42     -1       39       
  AVERAGE         50                        52     -2       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1892   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.52   2.04     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.57   3.22     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.29   8.87    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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       15                        13      2       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  178                       183     -5      122       
  SINCE SEP 1    256                       277    -21      146       
  SINCE JUL 1    258                       283    -25      146       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        14      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2014.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2014.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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