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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
130 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 5 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         89    309 PM 106    1936  86      3       77       
  MINIMUM         65    534 AM  48    1972  67     -2       63       
  AVERAGE         77                        76      1       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.99 2014   0.16  -0.16     1.99    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.78  -0.78     2.02    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.40                      5.72   2.68     9.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.75                     18.90  -1.15    20.66    
                                                                     
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       12                        11      1        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        55    -26       17       
  SINCE JUN 1    286                       276     10      273       
  SINCE JAN 1    366                       352     14      404       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       104      1886                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1972                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  6 2015..........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   851 PM CDT   
JULY  7 2015..........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   851 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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