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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
129 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2018


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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         59   1134 AM  85    1950  57      2       47       
  MINIMUM         46    703 AM   8    1925  38      8       34       
  AVERAGE         53                        48      5       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.72 1974   0.08  -0.07      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    3.16                      2.56   0.60     4.50    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.48                      5.61   5.87     7.29    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.55                     32.33   5.22    29.53    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.8  1995   0.1   -0.1       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.2                       0.4   -0.2       T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.2                       0.4   -0.2       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.2                       0.4   -0.2       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        17     -5       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  430                       366     64      263       
  SINCE SEP 1    516                       460     56      285       
  SINCE JUL 1    516                       466     50      285       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        86      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1949                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 31 2018.......SUNRISE   745 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  1 2018......SUNRISE   746 AM CDT   SUNSET   609 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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