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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
133 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 20 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         87    317 PM 108    1934  86      1       86       
  MINIMUM         68   1159 PM  53    1880  67      1       65       
  AVERAGE         78                        76      2       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          2.41 1907   0.14  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.16                      3.00  -0.84     2.26    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.56                      7.94   2.62     9.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.91                     21.12  -1.21    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       13                        11      2       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  213                       227    -14      145       
  SINCE JUN 1    470                       448     22      401       
  SINCE JAN 1    550                       524     26      532       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           700 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1947                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 21 2015..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT   
JULY 22 2015..........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 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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