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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
133 AM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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    354 PM  86    1947  61     14       60       
                                      1899                          
  MINIMUM         52   1159 PM  21    1930  41     11       35       
  AVERAGE         64                        51     13       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.96          1.28 1908   0.10   0.86     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.47                      1.79   2.68     0.82    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.26                      4.84   2.42     6.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.50                     31.56  -2.06    31.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1888   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                        14    -13       17       
  MONTH TO DATE   98                       224   -126      114       
  SINCE SEP 1    120                       318   -198      135       
  SINCE JUL 1    120                       324   -204      135       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        11      9       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    226                       124    102      247       
  SINCE JAN 1   1306                      1063    243     1444       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     64           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2017.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2017.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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