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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
139 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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         63    318 PM  82    1927  60      3       62
                                      1897
  MINIMUM         43    654 AM  21    1887  40      3       43
  AVERAGE         53                        50      3       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.96 1908   0.08  -0.08      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      2.05  -1.23     0.50
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      5.10   1.22     5.75
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.82  -0.17    34.92

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.4  1962   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       12                        15     -3       12
  MONTH TO DATE  136                       268   -132      158
  SINCE SEP 1    157                       362   -205      186
  SINCE JUL 1    157                       368   -211      188

 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89           700 AM
 LOWEST     43           400 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        87      1927
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        14      1887


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 25 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 PM CDT
OCTOBER 26 2016.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 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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