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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
140 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         69    353 PM  87    1950  63      6       82       
  MINIMUM         39    719 AM  26    1943  43     -4       60       
  AVERAGE         54                        53      1       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.86 1879   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.35   2.16     0.82    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.30                      4.40   1.90     6.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.54                     31.12  -2.58    31.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1992   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        12     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   92                       157    -65       77       
  SINCE SEP 1    114                       251   -137       98       
  SINCE JUL 1    114                       257   -143       98       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        11      8       19       
  SINCE SEP 1    225                       124    101      236       
  SINCE JAN 1   1305                      1063    242     1433       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      2016                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        23      1948                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2017.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2017.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 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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