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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT MON OCT 27 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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    409 PM  85    1927  59     14       54       
  MINIMUM         50    657 AM  16    1942  40     10       33       
  AVERAGE         62                        49     13       44      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.11 1918   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.78                      2.23   1.55     3.09    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.01                      5.28   2.73     5.45    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.38                     32.00   8.38    29.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1997   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                        16    -13       21       
  MONTH TO DATE  227                       299    -72      292       
  SINCE SEP 1    305                       393    -88      316       
  SINCE JUL 1    307                       399    -92      316       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     30          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    49                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        84      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        14      1925                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2014.......SUNRISE   742 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 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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