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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         82    419 PM  87    1950  63     19       56
  MINIMUM         60    447 AM  26    1943  43     17       38
  AVERAGE         71                        53     18       47

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.86 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.35  -0.53     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.40   1.92     5.25
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.12   0.53    34.42

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1992   0.0    0.0      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        0                        12    -12       18
  MONTH TO DATE   77                       157    -80      106
  SINCE SEP 1     98                       251   -153      134
  SINCE JUL 1     98                       257   -159      136

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        6                         0      6        0
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        11      8       12
  SINCE SEP 1    236                       124    112      255
  SINCE JAN 1   1433                      1063    370     1207
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM
 LOWEST     67           400 PM
 AVERAGE    84

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        86      1950
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        23      1948


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 17 2016.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT
OCTOBER 18 2016.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 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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