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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
139 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 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         88    502 PM 102    1936  86      2       77       
  MINIMUM         71    633 AM  53    1906  67      4       59       
  AVERAGE         80                        76      4       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.93          2.31 1922   0.14   0.79     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.14                      2.44  -0.30     2.26    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.54                      7.38   3.16     9.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.89                     20.56  -0.67    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       15                        12      3        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  148                       181    -33      113       
  SINCE JUN 1    405                       402      3      369       
  SINCE JAN 1    485                       478      7      500       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       104      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        49      1911                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 17 2015..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT   
JULY 18 2015..........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 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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