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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         56    324 PM  87    1950  63     -7       76
  MINIMUM         38    606 AM  26    1943  43     -5       40
  AVERAGE         47                        53     -6       58

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.86 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      1.35  -1.35     3.56
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      4.40   0.85     7.79
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     31.12   3.30    40.16

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1992   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       18                        12      6        7
  MONTH TO DATE  106                       157    -51      154
  SINCE SEP 1    134                       251   -117      232
  SINCE JUL 1    136                       257   -121      234

 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    70           700 AM
 LOWEST     27           200 PM
 AVERAGE    49

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        86      1950
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        23      1948


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 17 2015.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 PM CDT
OCTOBER 18 2015.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   629 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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