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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
1256 AM CST WED NOV 12 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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         31   1219 AM  73    1964  51    -20       50       
  MINIMUM         23   1159 PM   0    1986  33    -10       20       
  AVERAGE         27                        42    -15       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          2.58 1879   0.08  -0.07     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.90  -0.79     0.72    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.12                      6.59   1.53     7.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.49                     33.31   7.18    30.55    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3           1.5  1940   0.1    0.2      0.4     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.3                       0.4   -0.1      0.4     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.3                       0.8   -0.5      0.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.3                       0.8   -0.5      0.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       38                        23     15       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  217                       228    -11      221       
  SINCE SEP 1    597                       706   -109      611       
  SINCE JUL 1    599                       712   -113      611       
                                                                     
 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LT FREEZING RAIN                                                   
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        71      1902                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         4      1986                    
                                             1940                    
                                             1911                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 12 2014......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 13 2014......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   456 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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