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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
138 AM CDT SUN OCT 30 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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         78    226 PM  89    1937  57     21       48       
  MINIMUM         56   1159 PM  11    1925  39     17       36       
  AVERAGE         67                        48     19       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.94 1896   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.91                      2.48  -1.57     1.12    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.41                      5.53   0.88     6.37    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.74                     32.25  -0.51    35.54    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.5  1923   0.0    0.0      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        0                        17    -17       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  166                       349   -183      243       
  SINCE SEP 1    187                       443   -256      271       
  SINCE JUL 1    187                       449   -262      273       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         0      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        11     22       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    250                       124    126      258       
  SINCE JAN 1   1447                      1063    384     1210       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        85      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38         8      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 30 2016.......SUNRISE   745 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 31 2016.......SUNRISE   746 AM CDT   SUNSET   610 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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