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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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         80    348 PM 110    1918  85     -5       95       
  MINIMUM         53    522 AM  47    1894  66    -13       74       
  AVERAGE         67                        76     -9       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.30 1970   0.13  -0.13     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.45                      0.54  -0.09     1.12    
  SINCE JUN 1      4.22                      9.95  -5.73     9.57    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.19                     23.13  -3.94    20.81    
                                                                     
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                        18    -16        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                        11     -9       20       
  MONTH TO DATE   31                        44    -13       55       
  SINCE JUN 1    799                       614    185      807       
  SINCE JAN 1    879                       690    189      900       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       108      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        47      1889                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST  5 2017........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   827 PM CDT   
AUGUST  6 2017........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 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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