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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
145 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2020


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...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14 2020...

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         73   1245 PM  MM      MM  64      9       60
  MINIMUM         39   1217 AM  MM      MM  40     -1       27
  AVERAGE         56                        52      4       44

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T                         0.08  -0.08
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.11  -1.11

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                        14     -5       21
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       161    -40      188
  SINCE SEP 1    255                       289    -34      209
  SINCE JUL 1    264                       305    -41      213

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   10                        10      0        3
  SINCE SEP 1     63                        69     -6      156
  SINCE JAN 1    939                       752    187      848
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    43   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    82           100 AM
 LOWEST     34          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    58

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THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 15 2020.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT
OCTOBER 16 2020.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 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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