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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST THU NOV 10 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 9 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    339 PM  77    1999  52      8       60       
  MINIMUM         34    719 AM  15    1991  34      0       34       
  AVERAGE         47                        43      4       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1919   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.75  -0.66     0.07    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.50                      6.44   0.06     6.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.83                     33.16  -1.33    35.90    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.7  2011   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                        22     -4       18       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                       182   -111       91       
  SINCE SEP 1    277                       660   -383      397       
  SINCE JUL 1    277                       666   -389      399       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    11   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        78      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        11      1986                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 10 2016......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 11 2016......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   458 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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