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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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    221 PM 109    1934  85     -1       80
  MINIMUM         72    605 AM  50    1904  66      6       66
  AVERAGE         78                        75      3       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.70          2.42 2010   0.14   0.56      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.76                      1.08  -0.32     1.89
  SINCE JUN 1     16.33                     10.49   5.84    11.75
  SINCE JAN 1     25.68                     23.67   2.01    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       13                        10      3        8
  MONTH TO DATE   99                        87     12       73
  SINCE JUN 1    709                       657     52      582
  SINCE JAN 1    789                       733     56      713
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM
 LOWEST     51           100 PM
 AVERAGE    71

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       106      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        46      1888


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  9 2015........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT
AUGUST 10 2015........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 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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