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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 3 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         73    340 PM  76    2008  55     18       73
                                      1978
  MINIMUM         44    709 AM   7    1991  37      7       49
  AVERAGE         59                        46     13       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.18 2003   0.09  -0.09     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.26  -0.17     0.01
  SINCE SEP 1      6.50                      5.95   0.55     6.67
  SINCE JAN 1     31.83                     32.67  -0.84    35.84

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.0  1901   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        6                        19    -13        4
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        56    -44        9
  SINCE SEP 1    218                       534   -316      315
  SINCE JUL 1    218                       540   -322      317

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         0      1        1
  SINCE SEP 1    251                       127    124      259
  SINCE JAN 1   1448                      1066    382     1211
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     29           300 PM
 AVERAGE    61

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        75      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36         4      1991


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  4 2016......SUNRISE   751 AM CDT   SUNSET   605 PM CDT
NOVEMBER  5 2016......SUNRISE   752 AM CDT   SUNSET   604 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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