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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
151 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         87R   319 PM  86    1950  63     24       57       
  MINIMUM         64   1148 PM  23    1948  43     21       39       
  AVERAGE         76                        53     23       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.87 1963   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.43  -0.61     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.48   1.84     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.20   0.45    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1990   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                        13    -13       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   77                       170    -93      123       
  SINCE SEP 1     98                       264   -166      151       
  SINCE JUL 1     98                       270   -172      153       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         0     11        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        11     19       12       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       124    123      255       
  SINCE JAN 1   1444                      1063    381     1207       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.7                                         

                                                                     
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    90           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        87      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        22      1972                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2016.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2016.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 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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