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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 12 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         93    431 PM 105    1939  86      7       91       
  MINIMUM         74    526 AM  53    1941  67      7       69       
  AVERAGE         84                        76      8       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.28 1987   0.15  -0.15     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.11                      1.85  -0.74     2.26    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.51                      6.79   2.72     9.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.86                     19.97  -1.11    20.90    
                                                                     
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       19                        12      7       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   83                       133    -50       95       
  SINCE JUN 1    340                       354    -14      351       
  SINCE JAN 1    420                       430    -10      482       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1975                    
                                             1950                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 13 2015..........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 PM CDT   
JULY 14 2015..........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   848 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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