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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
222 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2019

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...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         55   1108 AM  MM      MM  59     -4       56       
  MINIMUM         32    356 AM  MM      MM  37     -5       30       
  AVERAGE         44                        48     -4       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05                      0.09  -0.04             
  MONTH TO DATE    4.81                      1.83   2.98             
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        17      4       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  343                       300     43      354       
  SINCE SEP 1    364                       428    -64      461       
  SINCE JUL 1    368                       444    -76      463       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                        10     -7        3       
  SINCE SEP 1    156                        69     87      141       
  SINCE JAN 1    848                       752     96     1106       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     66          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    81                                                       
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THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL                                      
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59                                        
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36                                        
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2019.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2019.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 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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