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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
133 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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         80    137 PM 100    1988  85     -5       90
  MINIMUM         68    636 AM  48    1989  66      2       69
  AVERAGE         74                        75     -1       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.38 1991   0.13  -0.13     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      0.94   0.18     0.06
  SINCE JUN 1      9.57                     10.35  -0.78    15.63
  SINCE JAN 1     20.81                     23.53  -2.72    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        9                        11     -2       15
  MONTH TO DATE   85                        77      8       86
  SINCE JUN 1    837                       647    190      696
  SINCE JAN 1    930                       723    207      776
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81           100 AM
 LOWEST     54           100 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       109      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1904


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST  8 2016........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT
AUGUST  9 2016........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   822 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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