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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
141 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 6 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         93    331 PM 104    1886  86      7       79       
  MINIMUM         71    348 AM  51    1972  67      4       66       
  AVERAGE         82                        76      6       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          1.87 1982   0.16  -0.04     0.24    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.94  -0.79     0.24    
  SINCE JUN 1      1.62                      5.88  -4.26     8.64    
  SINCE JAN 1     12.86                     19.06  -6.20    17.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        17    -17        3       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        11      6        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        66    -22       37       
  SINCE JUN 1    422                       287    135      294       
  SINCE JAN 1    515                       363    152      374       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    42   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     49           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       100      2012                    
                                             1936                    
                                             1890                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1908                    
                                             1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  7 2016..........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   851 PM CDT   
JULY  8 2016..........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   850 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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