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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST WED NOV 19 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18 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         27   1159 PM  76    1999  47    -20       48       
  MINIMUM          8    208 AM   4    1891  29    -21       31       
  AVERAGE         18                        38    -20       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.72 1983   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.23                      1.42  -1.19     1.16    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.24                      7.11   1.13     7.44    
  SINCE JAN 1     40.61                     33.83   6.78    30.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             5.2  1957   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       0.8    2.0      0.4     
  SINCE SEP 1      2.8                       1.2    1.6      0.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      2.8                       1.2    1.6      0.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       47                        27     20       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  527                       406    121      383       
  SINCE SEP 1    907                       884     23      773       
  SINCE JUL 1    909                       890     19      773       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        75      1942                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29         3      1914                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 19 2014......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   451 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 20 2014......SUNRISE   709 AM CST   SUNSET   451 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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