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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
150 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13 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         73    139 AM  96    1939  77     -4       75       
                                      1931                          
                                      1897                          
  MINIMUM         62   1159 PM  33    1890  57      5       49       
  AVERAGE         68                        67      1       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.76          3.78 1914   0.10   0.66     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.97                      1.42   0.55     1.35    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.97                      1.42   0.55     1.35    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.30                     28.14  -0.84    30.52    
                                                                     
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 SEP 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                         2     -2        3       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        17    -17       10       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        17    -17       10       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        23    -23       12       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         4     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  103                        71     32      141       
  SINCE SEP 1    103                        71     32      141       
  SINCE JAN 1   1300                      1010    290     1093       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     73           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        97      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        38      1879                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 14 2016.....SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   725 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 15 2016.....SUNRISE   655 AM CDT   SUNSET   723 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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