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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
154 AM CST THU NOV 5 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 4 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         66    349 PM  75    1909  54     12       60
  MINIMUM         54    401 AM   4    1991  36     18       43
  AVERAGE         60                        45     15       52

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1959   0.08  -0.08     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.34  -0.33     0.02
  SINCE SEP 1      6.67                      6.03   0.64     8.03
  SINCE JAN 1     35.84                     32.75   3.09    40.40

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.4  1910   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        5                        20    -15       13
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        76    -62       66
  SINCE SEP 1    320                       554   -234      446
  SINCE JUL 1    322                       560   -238      448

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         0      1        0
  SINCE SEP 1    259                       127    132      106
  SINCE JAN 1   1211                      1066    145     1075
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     68           300 PM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        75      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        14      1951


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  5 2015......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   505 PM CST
NOVEMBER  6 2015......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   504 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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