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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
136 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         80    517 PM 102    1936  86     -6       79       
  MINIMUM         59    528 AM  49    1967  66     -7       53       
  AVERAGE         70                        76     -6       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.18 1981   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.46  -0.46     0.03    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.40                      5.40   3.00     7.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.75                     18.58  -0.83    18.67    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2       
  SINCE JUN 1      3                        17    -14        2       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        11     -6        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        33    -23        7       
  SINCE JUN 1    267                       254     13      263       
  SINCE JAN 1    347                       330     17      394       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       109      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        48      1967                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  4 2015..........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   852 PM CDT   
JULY  5 2015..........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   852 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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