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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
126 AM CDT SUN OCT 4 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         64    426 PM  92    1997  69     -5       54       
  MINIMUM         44    632 AM  29    1888  47     -3       39       
  AVERAGE         54                        58     -4       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.61 1942   0.10  -0.10      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.28  -0.28     1.38    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.33   1.92     5.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.05   4.37    37.98    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   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       11                         8      3       18       
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        23      8       22       
  SINCE SEP 1     59                       117    -58      100       
  SINCE JUL 1     61                       123    -62      102       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    243                       116    127      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1195                      1055    140     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
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    83           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1999                    
                                             1968                    
                                             1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2015.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2015.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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