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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
148 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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    233 PM 104    1988  84     -1       88       
  MINIMUM         67    533 AM  49    1929  65      2       69       
  AVERAGE         75                        75      0       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.43 1906   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.10                      2.03   1.07     0.84    
  SINCE JUN 1     11.55                     11.44   0.11    16.41    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.79                     24.62  -1.83    25.76    
                                                                     
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       10                        10      0       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  190                       157     33      185       
  SINCE JUN 1    942                       727    215      795       
  SINCE JAN 1   1035                       803    232      875       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         

                                                                     
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    87           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       108      1983                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        52      1992                    
                                             1879                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 16 2016........SUNRISE   625 AM CDT   SUNSET   812 PM CDT   
AUGUST 17 2016........SUNRISE   626 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 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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