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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1253 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 14 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         30    323 PM  73    1990  49    -19       55       
                                      1964                          
  MINIMUM         11    726 AM  -1    1959  31    -20       35       
  AVERAGE         21                        40    -19       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.86 1947   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      1.14  -1.03     0.72    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.12                      6.83   1.29     7.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.49                     33.55   6.94    30.55    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.0  1906   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.3                       0.5   -0.2      0.4     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.3                       0.9   -0.6      0.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.3                       0.9   -0.6      0.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       44                        25     19       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  346                       301     45      315       
  SINCE SEP 1    726                       779    -53      705       
  SINCE JUL 1    728                       785    -57      705       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        75      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31         1      1940                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 15 2014......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   455 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 16 2014......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   454 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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