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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
129 AM CDT SUN OCT 29 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 28 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         46    402 PM  84    1927  58    -12       81       
  MINIMUM         29   1154 PM   7    1925  39    -10       50       
  AVERAGE         38                        48    -10       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.21 1982   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.48                      2.39   2.09     0.91    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.27                      5.44   1.83     6.41    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.51                     32.16  -2.65    31.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.2  1913   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        17     10        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  215                       332   -117      166       
  SINCE SEP 1    237                       426   -189      187       
  SINCE JUL 1    237                       432   -195      187       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        11      9       31       
  SINCE SEP 1    226                       124    102      248       
  SINCE JAN 1   1306                      1063    243     1445       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        89      1937                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        11      1925                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 29 2017.......SUNRISE   743 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 30 2017.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   612 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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