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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
149 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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         81    435 PM 108    1934  85     -4       83       
  MINIMUM         69    609 AM  47    1889  66      3       67       
  AVERAGE         75                        76     -1       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.34 1972   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      0.68  -0.62      T      
  SINCE JUN 1     15.63                     10.09   5.54     9.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     24.98                     23.27   1.71    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       10                        11     -1       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        55      5       55       
  SINCE JUN 1    670                       625     45      564       
  SINCE JAN 1    750                       701     49      695       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        53      1989                    
                                             1887                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  6 2015........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 PM CDT   
AUGUST  7 2015........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 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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