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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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         95    139 PM 110    1918  85     10       79
  MINIMUM         74    404 AM  47    1894  66      8       66
  AVERAGE         85                        76      9       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.05          2.30 1970   0.13  -0.08     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.54   0.58     0.06
  SINCE JUN 1      9.57                      9.95  -0.38    15.63
  SINCE JAN 1     20.81                     23.13  -2.32    24.98

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       20                        11      9        8
  MONTH TO DATE   55                        44     11       50
  SINCE JUN 1    807                       614    193      660
  SINCE JAN 1    900                       690    210      740
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     60           200 PM
 AVERAGE    77

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       108      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        47      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  5 2016........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   827 PM CDT
AUGUST  6 2016........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 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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