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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
137 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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    301 PM  85    2003  62     11       80       
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  14    1972  42      8       56       
  AVERAGE         62                        52     10       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.92 1934   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.60  -0.78     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.65   1.67     5.25    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.37   0.28    34.42    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.7  1982   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        3                        13    -10        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   80                       196   -116      136       
  SINCE SEP 1    101                       290   -189      164       
  SINCE JUL 1    101                       296   -195      166       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        11     19       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       124    123      258       
  SINCE JAN 1   1444                      1063    381     1210       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        88      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1960                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2016.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2016.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 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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