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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
147 AM CDT SUN OCT 15 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 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         70    542 PM  88    1897  64      6       69       
  MINIMUM         51   1159 PM  23    1939  44      7       43       
  AVERAGE         61                        54      7       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.23          2.10 2007   0.07   1.16      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.18   2.33     0.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.30                      4.23   2.07     6.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.54                     30.95  -2.41    31.61    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                        12     -8        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   68                       133    -65       77       
  SINCE SEP 1     90                       227   -137       98       
  SINCE JUL 1     90                       233   -143       98       
                                                                     
 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    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    40   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     86          1000 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    93                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        89      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        28      1952                    
                                             1893                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 15 2017.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 16 2017.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   631 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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