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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         74    302 PM  84    1899  60     14       65       
  MINIMUM         49   1159 PM  21    1937  41      8       57       
                                      1895                          
  AVERAGE         62                        50     12       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.19 1977   0.09  -0.09     0.42    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      1.97  -1.15     0.50    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      5.02   1.30     5.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.74  -0.09    34.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.8  1938   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        3                        15    -12        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       253   -129      146       
  SINCE SEP 1    145                       347   -202      174       
  SINCE JUL 1    145                       353   -208      176       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     20           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        82      1927                    
                                             1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        21      1887                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2016.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   619 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 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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