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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         82    136 PM  88    1938  67     15       72       
  MINIMUM         56   1152 PM  24    2000  46     10       45       
  AVERAGE         69                        56     13       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1970   0.09  -0.09     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.70  -0.70     1.51    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.75   1.50     5.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.47   3.95    38.11    
                                                                     
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                        10    -10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        68    -17       69       
  SINCE SEP 1     79                       162    -83      147       
  SINCE JUL 1     81                       168    -87      149       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         1      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         8      0        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    251                       121    130      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1203                      1060    143     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        23      1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2015.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   643 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2015.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 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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