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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1233 AM CST THU NOV 6 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 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         60    411 PM  75    1909  54      6       59       
  MINIMUM         39    547 AM  14    1951  36      3       44       
  AVERAGE         50                        45      5       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          1.29 1905   0.09  -0.01     0.64    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.43  -0.33     0.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.11                      6.12   1.99     6.98    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.48                     32.84   7.64    30.53    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1959   0.0    0.0      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                        20     -5       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   81                        96    -15       79       
  SINCE SEP 1    461                       574   -113      469       
  SINCE JUL 1    463                       580   -117      469       
                                                                     
 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    33   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        76      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        10      1991                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  6 2014......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST   
NOVEMBER  7 2014......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   502 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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