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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
142 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         60    358 PM  86    1947  61     -1       71       
                                      1899                          
  MINIMUM         35    534 AM  21    1930  41     -6       57       
  AVERAGE         48                        51     -3       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 1908   0.10  -0.10     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.79  -0.97     0.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.84   1.48     5.33    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.56   0.09    34.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1888   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        14      3        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  114                       224   -110      137       
  SINCE SEP 1    135                       318   -183      165       
  SINCE JUL 1    135                       324   -189      167       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2016.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2016.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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