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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
138 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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         85    234 PM  86    1962  65     20       62       
                                      1960                          
  MINIMUM         53    633 AM  21    1987  45      8       37       
  AVERAGE         69                        55     14       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.63 1890   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.94  -0.94     1.83    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      3.99   1.26     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.71   3.71    38.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2009   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2006                          
                                      1946                          
  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                        11    -11       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   67                        99    -32      106       
  SINCE SEP 1     95                       193    -98      184       
  SINCE JUL 1     97                       199   -102      186       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         1      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        11      1        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    255                       124    131      106       
  SINCE JAN 1   1207                      1063    144     1075       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        91      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        24      1909                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 12 2015.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 13 2015.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 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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