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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         65    436 PM  87    1938  66     -1       66       
  MINIMUM         47   1159 PM  23    1895  45      2       51       
  AVERAGE         56                        56      0       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.38 1985   0.08  -0.08     0.32    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.78  -0.78     1.83    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.83   1.42     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.55   3.87    38.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   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        9                        10     -1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        78    -18       75       
  SINCE SEP 1     88                       172    -84      153       
  SINCE JUL 1     90                       178    -88      155       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         9     -1        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    251                       122    129      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1203                      1061    142     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      1962                    
                                             1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2015.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2015.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 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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