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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
127 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15 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         87    130 PM  97    1927  77     10       65       
  MINIMUM         67    706 AM  37    2007  56     11       49       
  AVERAGE         77                        66     11       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.67 1921   0.10  -0.10     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.35                      1.62  -0.27     3.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.35                      1.62  -0.27     3.49    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.52                     28.34   2.18    35.86    
                                                                     
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        0                         3     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        22    -12       59       
  SINCE SEP 1     10                        22    -12       59       
  SINCE JUL 1     12                        28    -16       61       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         4      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  160                        79     81       58       
  SINCE SEP 1    160                        79     81       58       
  SINCE JAN 1   1112                      1018     94     1027       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    33   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76        97      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        38      1984                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 16 2015.....SUNRISE   656 AM CDT   SUNSET   723 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 17 2015.....SUNRISE   657 AM CDT   SUNSET   721 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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