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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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    319 PM  87    1899  61      6       46       
  MINIMUM         44    713 AM  21    1976  41      3       37       
  AVERAGE         56                        51      5       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.23 2009   0.09  -0.09     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.56                      1.88   1.68     3.06    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.79                      4.93   2.86     5.42    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.16                     31.65   8.51    28.97    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             0.5  1888   0.0   MM        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        9                        14     -5       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  213                       238    -25      195       
  SINCE SEP 1    291                       332    -41      219       
  SINCE JUL 1    293                       338    -45      219       
                                                                     
 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     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1937                    
                                             1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2014.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2014.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 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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