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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
133 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         66    358 PM  87    1950  62      4       59
  MINIMUM         38    652 AM  22    1972  42     -4       41
  AVERAGE         52                        52      0       50

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1892   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      1.52  -1.52     3.56
  SINCE SEP 1      5.25                      4.57   0.68     7.79
  SINCE JAN 1     34.42                     31.29   3.13    40.16

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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       13                        13      0       15
  MONTH TO DATE  136                       183    -47      178
  SINCE SEP 1    164                       277   -113      256
  SINCE JUL 1    166                       283   -117      258

 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.2


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    59           200 AM
 LOWEST     26           200 PM
 AVERAGE    43

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      2003
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        14      1972


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 19 2015.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT
OCTOBER 20 2015.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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