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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
131 AM CDT THU APR 6 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         52    548 PM  86    2000  58     -6       56       
  MINIMUM         43    800 AM  16    1982  37      6       35       
  AVERAGE         48                        48      0       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.52          1.22 1965   0.11   0.41     0.58    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.19                      0.49   0.70     0.60    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.66                      2.79   1.87     2.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.17                      5.07   2.10     4.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1982   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      3.6                       5.7   -2.1      0.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.3                      34.0  -19.7     30.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        18     -1       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   77                        92    -15       90       
  SINCE MAR 1    795                       888    -93      648       
  SINCE JUL 1   4495                      5719  -1224     4631       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         1     -1        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        10      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  6 2017.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT   
APRIL  7 2017.........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   747 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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