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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST FRI NOV 10 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 9 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         41    338 AM  77    1999  52    -11       60       
  MINIMUM         22   1159 PM  15    1991  34    -12       34       
  AVERAGE         32                        43    -11       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1919   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.75  -0.75     0.09    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.29                      6.44   0.85     6.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.53                     33.16  -3.63    31.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.7  2011   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.7   -0.7      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        22     11       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  234                       182     52       71       
  SINCE SEP 1    554                       660   -106      277       
  SINCE JUL 1    554                       666   -112      277       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    70          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        78      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        11      1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 10 2017......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 11 2017......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   458 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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