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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         80    149 PM  92    1938  68     12       57       
  MINIMUM         61    637 AM  29    1999  47     14       45       
                                      1968                          
                                      1935                          
  AVERAGE         71                        58     13       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          2.26 2013   0.08  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.36  -0.29     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.57                      3.41   2.16     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.90                     30.13   0.77    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       14       
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        31    -29       45       
  SINCE SEP 1     23                       125   -102       73       
  SINCE JUL 1     23                       131   -108       75       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         1      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         4      2        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    223                       117    106      243       
  SINCE JAN 1   1420                      1056    364     1195       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    38   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        30      1988                    
                                             1952                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2016.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2016.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 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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