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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
155 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 18 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    343 PM 104    1934  86      5       87       
                                      1930                          
  MINIMUM         75    606 AM  55    1882  67      8       70       
  AVERAGE         83                        76      7       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.17 1989   0.14  -0.14     0.38    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.29                      2.72  -1.43     3.43    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.63                      7.66  -4.03     4.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.60                     20.84  -2.24    16.14    
                                                                     
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       18                        12      6       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  267                       205     62      189       
  SINCE JUN 1    574                       426    148      567       
  SINCE JAN 1    654                       502    152      660       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       109      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1947                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 19 2017..........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   844 PM CDT   
JULY 20 2017..........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 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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