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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
218 AM CDT TUE JUL 18 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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         91    413 PM 104    1936  86      5       88       
  MINIMUM         72    558 AM  49    1911  67      5       67       
  AVERAGE         82                        76      6       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.84 1996   0.14  -0.14     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.29                      2.58  -1.29     3.05    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.63                      7.52  -3.89     4.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.60                     20.70  -2.10    15.76    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      2                        17    -15        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        12      5       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  249                       193     56      175       
  SINCE JUN 1    556                       414    142      553       
  SINCE JAN 1    636                       490    146      646       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       104      1934                    
                                             1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        55      1882                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 18 2017..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT   
JULY 19 2017..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   844 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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