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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
139 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         74    423 PM  95    1963  68      6       68
  MINIMUM         60    207 AM  30    1988  47     13       51
                                      1952
  AVERAGE         67                        57     10       60

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.04          0.78 1954   0.09  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.45  -0.34     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      5.61                      3.50   2.11     5.25
  SINCE JAN 1     30.94                     30.22   0.72    34.42

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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                         9     -9        5
  MONTH TO DATE    2                        40    -38       50
  SINCE SEP 1     23                       134   -111       78
  SINCE JUL 1     23                       140   -117       80

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         5      3        0
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       118    107      243
  SINCE JAN 1   1422                      1057    365     1195
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM
 LOWEST     53           200 PM
 AVERAGE    73

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        94      1963
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        24      1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  6 2016.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT
OCTOBER  7 2016.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 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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