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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
137 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 9 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         82    435 PM 102    1930  86     -4       82       
  MINIMUM         58    431 AM  48    1895  67     -9       61       
  AVERAGE         70                        76     -6       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.31 1988   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
                                      1881                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.24                      1.41  -1.17     2.02    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.64                      6.35   2.29     9.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.99                     19.53  -1.54    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        5                        11     -6        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   43                        99    -56       62       
  SINCE JUN 1    300                       320    -20      318       
  SINCE JAN 1    380                       396    -16      449       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       103      1936                    
                                             1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        49      1945                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 10 2015..........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   850 PM CDT   
JULY 11 2015..........SUNRISE   551 AM CDT   SUNSET   849 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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