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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
139 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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    306 PM  94    1963  67      7       72
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  24    1952  46      4       55
  AVERAGE         62                        57      5       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.06          1.24 1922   0.08  -0.02     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.17                      0.53  -0.36     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      5.67                      3.58   2.09     5.25
  SINCE JAN 1     31.00                     30.30   0.70    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        3                         9     -6        1
  MONTH TO DATE    5                        49    -44       51
  SINCE SEP 1     26                       143   -117       79
  SINCE JUL 1     26                       149   -123       81

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         6      2        0
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       119    106      243
  SINCE JAN 1   1422                      1058    364     1195
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    33   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    44   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           900 AM
 LOWEST     68           200 PM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        26      1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  7 2016.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT
OCTOBER  8 2016.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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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