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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
146 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         72    353 PM  88    2003  62     10       63       
  MINIMUM         47    705 AM  20    1960  42      5       41       
  AVERAGE         60                        52      8       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.75 1971   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.69   1.87     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.74   3.05     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.46   8.70    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  1916   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        5                        14     -9       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  194                       210    -16      152       
  SINCE SEP 1    272                       304    -32      176       
  SINCE JUL 1    274                       310    -36      176       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        86      1947                    
                                             1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1930                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2014.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 22 2014.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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