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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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         84    527 PM 105    1955  85     -1       90
  MINIMUM         68    541 AM  49    1971  67      1       69
  AVERAGE         76                        76      0       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.79 1896   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    6.98                      4.47   2.51     7.17
  SINCE JUN 1      8.45                      9.41  -0.96    15.57
  SINCE JAN 1     19.69                     22.59  -2.90    24.92

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                        18    -18        3
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       11                        11      0       15
  MONTH TO DATE  374                       349     25      353
  SINCE JUN 1    752                       570    182      610
  SINCE JAN 1    845                       646    199      690
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           500 AM
 LOWEST     63          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    75

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1898


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  1 2016........SUNRISE   610 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 PM CDT
AUGUST  2 2016........SUNRISE   611 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 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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