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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST MON NOV 6 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 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         49    242 AM  75    2016  54     -5       75       
                                      2015                          
                                      1909                          
  MINIMUM         29   1159 PM  14    1951  36     -7       47       
  AVERAGE         39                        45     -6       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.29 1905   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.43  -0.43     0.09    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.29                      6.12   1.17     6.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.53                     32.84  -3.31    31.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1959   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.5   -0.5      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.5   -0.5      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        20      6        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  112                        96     16       22       
  SINCE SEP 1    432                       574   -142      228       
  SINCE JUL 1    432                       580   -148      228       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    226                       127     99      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1306                      1066    240     1448       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        76      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        10      1991                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  6 2017......SUNRISE   653 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST   
NOVEMBER  7 2017......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   502 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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