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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
150 AM CDT WED OCT 28 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         52   1034 AM  84    1927  58     -6       74       
  MINIMUM         48    231 PM  14    1925  39      9       52       
  AVERAGE         50                        49      1       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.59          1.65 1918   0.08   0.51     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      2.31  -1.22     3.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.34                      5.36   0.98     8.01    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.51                     32.08   3.43    40.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.4  1980   0.0    0.0      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       15                        16     -1        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  199                       315   -116      229       
  SINCE SEP 1    227                       409   -182      307       
  SINCE JUL 1    229                       415   -186      309       
                                                                     
 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     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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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         7      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 29 2015.......SUNRISE   743 AM CDT   SUNSET   614 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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