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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA               
527 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 25 2016...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         89    316 PM 110    1936  86      3       89       
  MINIMUM         70    536 AM  54    1905  67      3       74       
  AVERAGE         80                        76      4       82      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          0.89 1948   0.13  -0.13     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.98                      3.67   3.31     2.28    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.45                      8.61  -0.16    10.68    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.69                     21.79  -2.10    20.03    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            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                                                             
  TODAY            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                                                             
  TODAY           15                        11      4       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  311                       282     29      270       
  SINCE JUN 1    689                       503    186      527       
  SINCE JAN 1    782                       579    203      607       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     37           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       108      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1911                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 25 2016..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT   
JULY 26 2016..........SUNRISE   604 AM CDT   SUNSET   838 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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