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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
144 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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         89    405 PM 106    1934  85      4       85       
  MINIMUM         70    535 AM  46    1888  66      4       71       
  AVERAGE         80                        75      5       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.20 1889   0.13  -0.13     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.12                      1.21  -0.09     0.82    
  SINCE JUN 1      9.57                     10.62  -1.05    16.39    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.81                     23.80  -2.99    25.74    
                                                                     
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       15                        10      5       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  109                        97     12      112       
  SINCE JUN 1    861                       667    194      722       
  SINCE JAN 1    954                       743    211      802       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       102      1911                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1917                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 10 2016........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 PM CDT   
AUGUST 11 2016........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 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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