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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
150 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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         86    431 PM 105    2012  86      0       85       
  MINIMUM         67    545 AM  52    1887  67      0       67       
  AVERAGE         77                        76      1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.03 1896   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.16                      3.41  -1.25     2.26    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.56                      8.35   2.21     9.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.91                     21.53  -1.62    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       12                        11      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  239                       260    -21      192       
  SINCE JUN 1    496                       481     15      448       
  SINCE JAN 1    576                       557     19      579       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1906                    
                                             1891                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 24 2015..........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT   
JULY 25 2015..........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 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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