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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         75    341 PM  87    1950  62     13       73       
  MINIMUM         52    702 AM  22    1972  42     10       56       
  AVERAGE         64                        52     12       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1892   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.52   1.99     0.82    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.30                      4.57   1.73     6.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.54                     31.29  -2.75    31.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   0.0    0.0      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        1                        13    -12        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   96                       183    -87       77       
  SINCE SEP 1    118                       277   -159       98       
  SINCE JUL 1    118                       283   -165       98       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        11      8       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       124    101      247       
  SINCE JAN 1   1305                      1063    242     1444       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9                                         

                                                                     
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    77          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        14      1972                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2017.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2017.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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