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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1248 AM CST SUN NOV 9 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 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         52   1221 AM  80    1999  52      0       61       
  MINIMUM         35   1104 PM  -4    1991  34      1       28       
  AVERAGE         44                        43      1       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.86 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.67  -0.57     0.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.11                      6.36   1.75     6.98    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.48                     33.08   7.40    30.53    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.7  1932   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        22     -1       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  145                       160    -15      150       
  SINCE SEP 1    525                       638   -113      540       
  SINCE JUL 1    527                       644   -117      540       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.8                                         

                                                                     
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    70          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     39           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        77      1999                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        15      1991                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  9 2014......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   500 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 10 2014......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   459 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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