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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
131 AM CDT TUE OCT 3 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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         85    406 PM  92    1953  69     16       73       
  MINIMUM         63    705 AM  27    1974  48     15       56       
  AVERAGE         74                        58     16       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          1.37 2007   0.09  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.18  -0.14      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      2.83                      3.23  -0.40     5.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.07                     29.95  -4.88    30.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         8     -8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        15    -15        1       
  SINCE SEP 1     22                       109    -87       22       
  SINCE JUL 1     22                       115    -93       22       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                         1      8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         2      8        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    216                       115    101      217       
  SINCE JAN 1   1296                      1054    242     1414       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1997                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        29      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2017.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2017.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 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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