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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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         73    246 PM  87    1927  59     14       57       
  MINIMUM         49    716 AM  14    1887  40      9       27       
  AVERAGE         61                        50     11       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1986   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.78                      2.14   1.64     3.09    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.01                      5.19   2.82     5.45    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.38                     31.91   8.47    29.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1898   0.0    0.0      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        4                        15    -11       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  224                       283    -59      271       
  SINCE SEP 1    302                       377    -75      295       
  SINCE JUL 1    304                       383    -79      295       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        85      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        16      1942                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 26 2014.......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 27 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 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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