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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
231 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 14 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         76    405 PM  97    1939  77     -1       84       
  MINIMUM         61    657 AM  38    1879  56      5       60       
  AVERAGE         69                        66      3       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.56 1914   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.97                      1.52   0.45     1.35    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.97                      1.52   0.45     1.35    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.30                     28.24  -0.94    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        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        19    -19       10       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        19    -19       10       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        25    -25       12       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         4      0        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  107                        75     32      148       
  SINCE SEP 1    107                        75     32      148       
  SINCE JAN 1   1304                      1014    290     1100       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        97      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        37      2007                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 15 2016.....SUNRISE   655 AM CDT   SUNSET   723 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 16 2016.....SUNRISE   656 AM CDT   SUNSET   721 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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