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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
145 AM CDT WED OCT 26 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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         61    155 PM  87    1927  59      2       64
  MINIMUM         50    655 AM  14    1887  40     10       38
  AVERAGE         56                        50      6       51

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.42 1986   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      2.14  -1.32     0.50
  SINCE SEP 1      6.32                      5.19   1.13     5.75
  SINCE JAN 1     31.65                     31.91  -0.26    34.92

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1898   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        9                        15     -6       14
  MONTH TO DATE  145                       283   -138      172
  SINCE SEP 1    166                       377   -211      200
  SINCE JUL 1    166                       383   -217      202

 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    72          1000 PM
 LOWEST     55           100 PM
 AVERAGE    64

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        85      1927
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        16      1942


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 26 2016.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 PM CDT
OCTOBER 27 2016.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 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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