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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
130 AM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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         61    242 PM  88    1975  64     -3       58       
  MINIMUM         52    552 AM  20    1917  44      8       33       
                                      1909                          
  AVERAGE         57                        54      3       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             2.09 2012   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.28                      1.11   1.17     0.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.07                      4.16   0.91     6.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.31                     30.88  -3.57    31.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1983   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        8                        11     -3       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   64                       121    -57       68       
  SINCE SEP 1     86                       215   -129       89       
  SINCE JUL 1     86                       221   -135       89       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        11      8       11       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       124    101      228       
  SINCE JAN 1   1305                      1063    242     1425       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     78           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    86                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        88      1897                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        23      1939                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 14 2017.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 15 2017.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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