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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
130 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         79   1124 AM  92    1997  69     10       73       
  MINIMUM         61   1001 PM  29    1888  47     14       54       
  AVERAGE         70                        58     12       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          1.61 1942   0.10   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.28  -0.14      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      2.93                      3.33  -0.40     5.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.17                     30.05  -4.88    30.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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                         8     -8        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        23    -23        2       
  SINCE SEP 1     22                       117    -95       23       
  SINCE JUL 1     22                       123   -101       23       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         1      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         3     12        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    221                       116    105      217       
  SINCE JAN 1   1301                      1055    246     1414       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     60          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1999                    
                                             1968                    
                                             1935                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2017.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2017.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 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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