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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
205 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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         78    231 PM  86    1962  65     13       85       
                                      1960                          
  MINIMUM         57    713 AM  21    1987  45     12       53       
  AVERAGE         68                        55     13       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.63 1890   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.94  -0.20     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.24                      3.99   2.25     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.57                     30.71   0.86    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2009   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2006                          
                                      1946                          
  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                        11    -11        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        99    -66       67       
  SINCE SEP 1     54                       193   -139       95       
  SINCE JUL 1     54                       199   -145       97       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         1      2        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        11      0       12       
  SINCE SEP 1    228                       124    104      255       
  SINCE JAN 1   1425                      1063    362     1207       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        91      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        24      1909                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 12 2016.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 13 2016.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   636 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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