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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
150 AM CDT MON OCT 26 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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         64    412 PM  87    1927  59      5       73       
  MINIMUM         38    313 AM  14    1887  40     -2       49       
  AVERAGE         51                        50      1       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1986   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.50                      2.14  -1.64     3.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.75                      5.19   0.56     8.01    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.92                     31.91   3.01    40.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1898   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       14                        15     -1        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       283   -111      224       
  SINCE SEP 1    200                       377   -177      302       
  SINCE JUL 1    202                       383   -181      304       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        85      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        16      1942                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 26 2015.......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 27 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 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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