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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
134 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2018


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         68    341 PM  87    1899  61      7       67       
  MINIMUM         39    726 AM  21    1976  41     -2       47       
  AVERAGE         54                        51      3       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.23 2009   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.10                      1.88   1.22     4.47    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.42                      4.93   6.49     7.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.49                     31.65   5.84    29.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  1888   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.2                       0.2    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.2                       0.2    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.2                       0.2    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        14     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  310                       238     72      106       
  SINCE SEP 1    396                       332     64      128       
  SINCE JUL 1    396                       338     58      128       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        11     -5       20       
  SINCE SEP 1    172                       124     48      226       
  SINCE JAN 1   1439                      1063    376     1306       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     22           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        84      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1937                    
                                             1895                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 23 2018.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 24 2018.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 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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