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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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    435 PM  88    2003  62     10       72
  MINIMUM         58   1159 PM  20    1960  42     16       47
  AVERAGE         65                        52     13       60

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.75 1971   0.09  -0.07     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      1.69  -1.67     3.56
  SINCE SEP 1      5.27                      4.74   0.53     7.79
  SINCE JAN 1     34.44                     31.46   2.98    40.16

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  1916   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        0                        14    -14        5
  MONTH TO DATE  136                       210    -74      194
  SINCE SEP 1    164                       304   -140      272
  SINCE JUL 1    166                       310   -144      274

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        11      4        1
  SINCE SEP 1    258                       124    134      106
  SINCE JAN 1   1210                      1063    147     1075
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75          1000 PM
 LOWEST     37          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    56

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        86      1947
                                             1899
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1930


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 21 2015.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT
OCTOBER 22 2015.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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