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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 26 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         87    406 PM 108    1936  86      1       90       
  MINIMUM         68    538 AM  52    1911  67      1       70       
  AVERAGE         78                        76      2       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.32 1984   0.13  -0.13     1.19    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.98                      3.80   3.18     3.47    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.45                      8.74  -0.29    11.87    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.69                     21.92  -2.23    21.22    
                                                                     
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       13                        11      2       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  324                       293     31      285       
  SINCE JUN 1    702                       514    188      542       
  SINCE JAN 1    795                       590    205      622       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       106      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1971                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 27 2016..........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 PM CDT   
JULY 28 2016..........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   836 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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