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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
150 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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         67    346 PM  87    1899  61      6       67       
  MINIMUM         52    553 AM  21    1976  41     11       44       
  AVERAGE         60                        51      9       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.23 2009   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      1.88  -1.80     3.56    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.33                      4.93   0.40     7.79    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.50                     31.65   2.85    40.16    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  1888   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        14     -9        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  142                       238    -96      213       
  SINCE SEP 1    170                       332   -162      291       
  SINCE JUL 1    172                       338   -166      293       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    66           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1937                    
                                             1895                    
                                                                     

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2015.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 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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