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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
130 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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         67    429 PM  85    2003  62      5       60       
  MINIMUM         40    621 AM  14    1972  42     -2       35       
  AVERAGE         54                        52      2       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.92 1934   0.08  -0.08      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.60   1.96     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.65   3.14     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.37   8.79    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.7  1982   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       11                        13     -2       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  189                       196     -7      139       
  SINCE SEP 1    267                       290    -23      163       
  SINCE JUL 1    269                       296    -27      163       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2014.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2014.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 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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