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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1236 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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         56    300 PM  73    1964  51      5       63       
  MINIMUM         39   1158 PM   0    1986  33      6       37       
  AVERAGE         48                        42      6       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.58 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.27    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.09                      0.90  -0.81     0.34    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.50                      6.59  -0.09     7.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.83                     33.31  -1.48    36.17    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1940   0.1   -0.1       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.4   -0.4       T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.8   -0.8       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.8   -0.8       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        23     -6       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                       228   -131      121       
  SINCE SEP 1    303                       706   -403      427       
  SINCE JUL 1    303                       712   -409      429       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    65           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        71      1902                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         4      1986                    
                                             1940                    
                                             1911                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 12 2016......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 13 2016......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   456 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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