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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
130 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 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         70    354 PM  97    2000  78     -8       56       
                                      1936                          
  MINIMUM         55   1159 PM  40    1955  57     -2       50       
  AVERAGE         63                        68     -5       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1910   0.11  -0.11     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.35                      1.21   0.14     3.20    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.35                      1.21   0.14     3.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.52                     27.93   2.59    35.57    
                                                                     
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 SEP 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        2                         2      0       12       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        13    -11       16       
  SINCE SEP 1      2                        13    -11       16       
  SINCE JUL 1      4                        19    -15       18       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  141                        63     78       58       
  SINCE SEP 1    141                        63     78       58       
  SINCE JAN 1   1093                      1002     91     1027       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        96      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        37      1902                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 12 2015.....SUNRISE   652 AM CDT   SUNSET   729 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 13 2015.....SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   728 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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