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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT FRI AUG 21 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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         80    448 PM 100    1983  84     -4       84       
                                      1947                          
  MINIMUM         53    605 AM  40    1950  65    -12       68       
  AVERAGE         67                        74     -7       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.10 2014   0.13  -0.13     2.10    
                                      1891                          
  MONTH TO DATE    3.41                      2.73   0.68     4.41    
  SINCE JUN 1     18.98                     12.14   6.84    14.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.33                     25.32   3.01    25.42    
                                                                     
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    2                         0      2        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      5                        18    -13        2       
  SINCE JUL 1      2                         1      1        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         9     -7       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  212                       204      8      181       
  SINCE JUN 1    822                       774     48      690       
  SINCE JAN 1    902                       850     52      821       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         

                                                                     
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    86          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       102      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        47      1950                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 21 2015........SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   805 PM CDT   
AUGUST 22 2015........SUNRISE   630 AM CDT   SUNSET   804 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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