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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
135 AM CDT MON OCT 31 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         62    313 PM  85    1950  57      5       56       
  MINIMUM         47   1159 PM   8    1925  38      9       34       
  AVERAGE         55                        48      7       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.72 1974   0.08  -0.08     0.13    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.91                      2.56  -1.65     1.25    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.41                      5.61   0.80     6.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.74                     32.33  -0.59    35.67    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.8  1995   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        17     -7       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  176                       366   -190      263       
  SINCE SEP 1    197                       460   -263      291       
  SINCE JUL 1    197                       466   -269      293       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     49           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        86      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1949                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 31 2016.......SUNRISE   746 AM CDT   SUNSET   610 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  1 2016......SUNRISE   747 AM CDT   SUNSET   609 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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