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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         71    314 PM  87    1938  66      5       65       
  MINIMUM         44    636 AM  23    1895  45     -1       47       
  AVERAGE         58                        56      2       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.38 1985   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.17                      0.78  -0.61     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.67                      3.83   1.84     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.00                     30.55   0.45    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   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        7                        10     -3        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        78    -48       60       
  SINCE SEP 1     51                       172   -121       88       
  SINCE JUL 1     51                       178   -127       90       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         9     -1        8       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       122    103      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1422                      1061    361     1203       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        88      1962                    
                                             1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2016.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2016.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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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