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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
138 AM CDT SAT OCT 15 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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         69    252 PM  88    1897  64      5       71
  MINIMUM         43    609 AM  23    1939  44     -1       44
  AVERAGE         56                        54      2       58

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             2.10 2007   0.07  -0.07     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.78                      1.18  -0.40     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      6.28                      4.23   2.05     5.25
  SINCE JAN 1     31.61                     30.95   0.66    34.42

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                        12     -3        7
  MONTH TO DATE   77                       133    -56       81
  SINCE SEP 1     98                       227   -129      109
  SINCE JUL 1     98                       233   -135      111

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM
 LOWEST     63           300 PM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1952
                                             1893


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 15 2016.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT
OCTOBER 16 2016.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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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