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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 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    201 PM 102    1881  85      1       81
  MINIMUM         63    537 AM  50    2004  66     -3       64
                                      1986
                                      1902
  AVERAGE         75                        75      0       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.42 1976   0.13  -0.13     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.84                      1.47  -0.63     1.89
  SINCE JUN 1     16.41                     10.88   5.53    11.75
  SINCE JAN 1     25.76                     24.06   1.70    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       10                        10      0        8
  MONTH TO DATE  133                       117     16       98
  SINCE JUN 1    743                       687     56      607
  SINCE JAN 1    823                       763     60      738
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           300 AM
 LOWEST     40           400 PM
 AVERAGE    62

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       101      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        48      2004
                                             1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 12 2015........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT
AUGUST 13 2015........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 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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