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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1242 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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         63    229 PM  73    1964  51     12       31       
  MINIMUM         37    856 PM   0    1986  33      4       23       
  AVERAGE         50                        42      8       27      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.27          2.58 1879   0.08   0.19     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.34                      0.90  -0.56     0.11    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.00                      6.59   0.41     8.12    
  SINCE JAN 1     36.17                     33.31   2.86    40.49    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             1.5  1940   0.1   -0.1      0.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.4   -0.4      0.3     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.8   -0.8      0.3     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.8   -0.8      0.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                        23     -8       38       
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       228   -107      217       
  SINCE SEP 1    427                       706   -279      597       
  SINCE JUL 1    429                       712   -283      599       
                                                                     
 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    40   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    57   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
  TORNADO                                                            

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        71      1902                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         4      1986                    
                                             1940                    
                                             1911                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 12 2015......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   458 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 13 2015......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   457 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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