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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1240 AM CST SUN NOV 22 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21 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         31    208 AM  74    1990  45    -14       39       
  MINIMUM         15   1105 PM  -1    1937  28    -13       13       
  AVERAGE         23                        36    -13       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.06 1898   0.07  -0.06      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.72                      1.62   0.10     0.23    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.38                      7.31   1.07     8.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.55                     34.03   3.52    40.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2           4.8  2007   0.1    0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.9                       1.1    5.8      2.8     
  SINCE SEP 1      6.9                       1.5    5.4      2.8     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.9                       1.5    5.4      2.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        29     13       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  321                       491   -170      648       
  SINCE SEP 1    627                       969   -342     1028       
  SINCE JUL 1    629                       975   -346     1030       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        69      1966                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27         0      1937                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 22 2015......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   450 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 23 2015......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   449 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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