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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
203 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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   1036 AM  85    1927  59      1       64
  MINIMUM         49   1159 PM  16    1942  40      9       41
  AVERAGE         55                        49      6       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.09          1.11 1918   0.09   0.00     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.91                      2.23  -1.32     0.50
  SINCE SEP 1      6.41                      5.28   1.13     5.75
  SINCE JAN 1     31.74                     32.00  -0.26    34.92

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1997   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       10                        16     -6       12
  MONTH TO DATE  155                       299   -144      184
  SINCE SEP 1    176                       393   -217      212
  SINCE JUL 1    176                       399   -223      214

 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM
 LOWEST     67          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    80

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        84      1927
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        14      1925


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 27 2016.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 PM CDT
OCTOBER 28 2016.......SUNRISE   742 AM CDT   SUNSET   614 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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