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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
150 AM CDT TUE AUG 4 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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         84    401 PM 105    1930  85     -1       88       
  MINIMUM         67   1159 PM  50    1927  66      1       68       
  AVERAGE         76                        76      0       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.54 2004   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      0.41  -0.36     0.00    
  SINCE JUN 1     15.62                      9.82   5.80     9.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     24.97                     23.00   1.97    21.01    
                                                                     
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        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      3                        18    -15        2       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        11      0       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   42                        33      9       31       
  SINCE JUN 1    652                       603     49      540       
  SINCE JAN 1    732                       679     53      671       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       110      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        47      1894                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  4 2015........SUNRISE   612 AM CDT   SUNSET   829 PM CDT   
AUGUST  5 2015........SUNRISE   613 AM CDT   SUNSET   828 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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