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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         66        MM  92    1953  69     -3       68        
  MINIMUM         44        MM  27    1974  48     -4       54        
  AVERAGE         55                        58     -3       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.37 2007   0.09  -0.09     0.07    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.18  -0.18     1.38    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.23   2.02     5.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     29.95   4.47    37.98    
                                                                     
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       10                         8      2        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        15      5        4       
  SINCE SEP 1     48                       109    -61       82       
  SINCE JUL 1     50                       115    -65       84       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    243                       115    128      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1195                      1054    141     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         

                                                                     
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    83           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1997                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2015.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2015.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 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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