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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
130 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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         90    307 PM 100    1988  85      5       71       
  MINIMUM         69    422 AM  48    1989  66      3       68       
  AVERAGE         80                        75      5       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.38 1991   0.13  -0.13     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.06                      0.94  -0.88     1.89    
  SINCE JUN 1     15.63                     10.35   5.28    11.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     24.98                     23.53   1.45    22.90    
                                                                     
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        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      3                        18    -15        2       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                        11      4        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   86                        77      9       65       
  SINCE JUN 1    696                       647     49      574       
  SINCE JAN 1    776                       723     53      705       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       109      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1904                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  8 2015........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 PM CDT   
AUGUST  9 2015........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 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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