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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9 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         86    151 PM 106    1934  85      1       89
  MINIMUM         60    533 AM  46    1888  66     -6       70
  AVERAGE         73                        75     -2       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.20 1889   0.13  -0.13     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.60                      1.21  -0.61     1.12
  SINCE JUN 1      4.37                     10.62  -6.25     9.57
  SINCE JAN 1     19.34                     23.80  -4.46    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        8                        10     -2       15
  MONTH TO DATE   59                        97    -38      109
  SINCE JUN 1    827                       667    160      861
  SINCE JAN 1    907                       743    164      954
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3


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    78           300 AM
 LOWEST     32           100 PM
 AVERAGE    55

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       102      1911
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1917


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 10 2017........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 PM CDT
AUGUST 11 2017........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 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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