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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1240 AM CST MON NOV 3 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 2 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         61    445 PM  78    1938  56      5       55       
  MINIMUM         39   1215 AM  10    1951  37      2       37       
  AVERAGE         50                        46      4       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.98 1928   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.17  -0.17      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      8.01                      5.86   2.15     6.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.38                     32.58   7.80    29.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.8  1997   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                        19     -4       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        37      7       35       
  SINCE SEP 1    424                       515    -91      425       
  SINCE JUL 1    426                       521    -95      425       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       127    -21      252       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1066      9     1353       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    54          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    41                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        76      2008                    
                                             1978                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37         7      1991                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  3 2014......SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   507 PM CST   
NOVEMBER  4 2014......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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