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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
141 AM CDT SUN OCT 23 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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    313 PM  87    1899  61     12       67       
  MINIMUM         42    637 AM  21    1976  41      1       52       
  AVERAGE         58                        51      7       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.23 2009   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.88  -1.06     0.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      4.93   1.39     5.33    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.65   0.00    34.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  1888   0.0    0.0      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        7                        14     -7        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       238   -117      142       
  SINCE SEP 1    142                       332   -190      170       
  SINCE JUL 1    142                       338   -196      172       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1937                    
                                             1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2016.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2016.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   619 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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