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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
204 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         56    413 PM  88    2003  62     -6       72       
  MINIMUM         39   1159 PM  20    1960  42     -3       58       
  AVERAGE         48                        52     -4       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.75 1971   0.09  -0.09     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.69  -0.87     0.02    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.74   1.58     5.27    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.46   0.19    34.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  1916   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       17                        14      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                       210   -113      136       
  SINCE SEP 1    118                       304   -186      164       
  SINCE JUL 1    118                       310   -192      166       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         

                                                                     
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    76          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     47           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        86      1947                    
                                             1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1930                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2016.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 22 2016.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 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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