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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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    205 PM  85    1927  59      5       73       
  MINIMUM         41    634 AM  16    1942  40      1       50       
  AVERAGE         53                        49      4       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.11 1918   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.50                      2.23  -1.73     3.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.75                      5.28   0.47     8.01    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.92                     32.00   2.92    40.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1997   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        16     -4        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       299   -115      227       
  SINCE SEP 1    212                       393   -181      305       
  SINCE JUL 1    214                       399   -185      307       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        84      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        14      1925                    
                                                                   
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 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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