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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1244 AM CST MON DEC 11 2017


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 10 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         47    332 PM  66    1890  35     12       28
  MINIMUM         21   1247 AM -19    1919  19      2       22
  AVERAGE         34                        27      7       25

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.63 1970   0.05  -0.05     0.05
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.53  -0.53     0.60
  SINCE DEC 1      T                         0.53  -0.53     0.60
  SINCE JAN 1     29.78                     35.13  -5.35    33.72

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1944   0.4   -0.4      1.0
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         2.9   -2.9      1.7
  SINCE DEC 1      T                         2.9   -2.9      1.7
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         5.8   -5.8      1.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       31                        38     -7       40
  MONTH TO DATE  295                       360    -65      344
  SINCE DEC 1    295                       360    -65      344
  SINCE JUL 1   1350                      1618   -268     1027

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1   1306                      1066    240     1448
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0


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    77           100 AM
 LOWEST     42           200 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        64      1965
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19        -8      1917


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
DECEMBER 11 2017......SUNRISE   731 AM CST   SUNSET   445 PM CST
DECEMBER 12 2017......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   445 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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