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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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    359 PM  92    1953  69      4       66
  MINIMUM         56    610 AM  27    1974  48      8       44
  AVERAGE         65                        58      7       55

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.37 2007   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.18  -0.18     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      5.50                      3.23   2.27     5.25
  SINCE JAN 1     30.83                     29.95   0.88    34.42

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                         8     -8       10
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        15    -14       20
  SINCE SEP 1     22                       109    -87       48
  SINCE JUL 1     22                       115    -93       50

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0
  SINCE SEP 1    217                       115    102      243
  SINCE JAN 1   1414                      1054    360     1195
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           700 AM
 LOWEST     46           400 PM
 AVERAGE    73

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1997
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1888


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  3 2016.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT
OCTOBER  4 2016.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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