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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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         72    317 PM  88    1975  64      8       56       
  MINIMUM         45    653 AM  20    1917  44      1       54       
                                      1909                          
  AVERAGE         59                        54      5       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.09 2012   0.08  -0.08     1.39    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      1.11  -1.11     3.24    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      4.16   1.09     7.47    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     30.88   3.54    39.84    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1983   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        6                        11     -5       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                       121    -47      131       
  SINCE SEP 1    102                       215   -113      209       
  SINCE JUL 1    104                       221   -117      211       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     25           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        88      1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        23      1939                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 14 2015.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 15 2015.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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