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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1259 AM CST SUN NOV 12 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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    624 PM  73    1964  51     -5       56       
  MINIMUM         34    158 AM   0    1986  33      1       39       
  AVERAGE         40                        42     -2       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.58 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.90  -0.90     0.09    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.29                      6.59   0.70     6.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.53                     33.31  -3.78    31.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.5  1940   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      T                         0.8   -0.8      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.8   -0.8      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        23      2       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  298                       228     70       97       
  SINCE SEP 1    618                       706    -88      303       
  SINCE JUL 1    618                       712    -94      303       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    62          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     47          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        71      1902                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         4      1986                    
                                             1940                    
                                             1911                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 12 2017......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 13 2017......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   456 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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