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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
154 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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    213 PM  86    1947  61      6       52       
                                      1899                          
  MINIMUM         43    631 AM  21    1930  41      2       37       
  AVERAGE         55                        51      4       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1908   0.10  -0.10      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.79   1.77     3.04    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.84   2.95     5.40    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.56   8.60    28.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1888   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        14     -4       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  204                       224    -20      172       
  SINCE SEP 1    282                       318    -36      196       
  SINCE JUL 1    284                       324    -40      196       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2014.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2014.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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