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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
152 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 15 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         77    323 PM 108    1936  86     -9       80       
  MINIMUM         60    534 AM  50    1930  67     -7       72       
  AVERAGE         69                        76     -7       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.19 1882   0.15  -0.15     0.10    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.91                      2.30   0.61     1.21    
  SINCE JUN 1      4.38                      7.24  -2.86     9.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.62                     20.42  -4.80    18.96    
                                                                     
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        4                        12     -8       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  153                       169    -16      133       
  SINCE JUN 1    531                       390    141      390       
  SINCE JAN 1    624                       466    158      470       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       102      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1906                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 16 2016..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT   
JULY 17 2016..........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 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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