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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
136 AM CDT TUE OCT 6 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         68    515 PM  95    1963  68      0       67       
  MINIMUM         51    246 AM  30    1988  47      4       43       
                                      1952                          
  AVERAGE         60                        57      3       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1954   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.45  -0.45     1.38    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.50   1.75     5.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.22   4.20    37.98    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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        5                         9     -4       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        40     10       51       
  SINCE SEP 1     78                       134    -56      129       
  SINCE JUL 1     80                       140    -60      131       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    243                       118    125      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1195                      1057    138     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     55           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        94      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        24      1952                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2015.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2015.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 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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