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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
136 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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    236 PM  87    1950  62     11       66       
  MINIMUM         56   1159 PM  22    1972  42     14       38       
  AVERAGE         65                        52     13       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1892   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.52  -0.70     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.57   1.75     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.29   0.36    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   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       13       
  MONTH TO DATE   77                       183   -106      136       
  SINCE SEP 1     98                       277   -179      164       
  SINCE JUL 1     98                       283   -185      166       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        14      1972                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2016.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2016.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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