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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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         83    257 PM 108    1934  85     -2       81
  MINIMUM         68    555 AM  47    1889  66      2       69
  AVERAGE         76                        76      0       75

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.34 1972   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.68   0.44     0.06
  SINCE JUN 1      9.57                     10.09  -0.52    15.63
  SINCE JAN 1     20.81                     23.27  -2.46    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       11                        11      0       10
  MONTH TO DATE   66                        55     11       60
  SINCE JUN 1    818                       625    193      670
  SINCE JAN 1    911                       701    210      750
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2


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    87          1200 AM
 LOWEST     45          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       101      1918
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        53      1989
                                             1887


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  6 2016........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 PM CDT
AUGUST  7 2016........SUNRISE   616 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 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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