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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
131 AM CDT TUE OCT 11 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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    122 PM  88    1962  66      7       72       
                                      1928                          
  MINIMUM         50    357 AM  26    1964  45      5       43       
  AVERAGE         62                        55      7       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.57          1.89 1961   0.08   0.49     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.86  -0.12     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.24                      3.91   2.33     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.57                     30.63   0.94    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  2009   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                        10     -7        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        88    -55       67       
  SINCE SEP 1     54                       182   -128       95       
  SINCE JUL 1     54                       188   -134       97       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                        10     -2        8       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       123    102      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1422                      1062    360     1203       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        86      1962                    
                                             1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        21      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 11 2016.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 12 2016.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 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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