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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
802 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012
...RECORDS AND STATISTICS FOR JULY AND YEAR TO DATE AT DES MOINES...
INTENSE HEAT WAS COMMON ACROSS IOWA DURING THE MONTH OF JULY WITH
NEAR RECORD TO RECORD HEAT EXPERIENCED IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL
GO DOWN AS THE 2ND WARMEST MONTH EVER IN DES MOINES BEHIND THE
EXCEEDINGLY HOT JULY OF 1936. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL WAS SPARSE...
ENOUGH FELL LATE IN THE MONTH TO KEEP DES MOINES WELL OUT OF THE TOP
TEN DRIEST. THE AMOUNT OF 1.24 INCHES FOR THE MONTH PLACES THE 2012
TOTAL AS THE 21ST DRIEST OF ALL JULYS.
THE TOP FIVE WARMEST JULYS ARE LISTED BELOW:
YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. 1936 85.8 DEGREES
2. 2012 84.3 DEGREES
3. 1901 83.9 DEGREES
4. 1934 82.6 DEGREES
5. 1916 81.5 DEGREES
THE TOP FIVE WARMEST MONTHS AT DES MOINES ARE NOW AS FOLLOWS:
MONTH/YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. JULY 1936 85.8 DEGREES
2. JULY 2012 84.3 DEGREES
3. JULY 1901 83.9 DEGREES
4. AUGUST 1983 83.3 DEGREES
5. JULY 1934 82.6 DEGREES
THE TOP FIVE WARMEST JUNE-JULY PERIODS EVER:
YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. 1934 81.1 DEGREES
2. 2012 80.1 DEGREES
3. 1933 78.9 DEGREES
4. 1901 78.7 DEGREES
1936 78.7 DEGREES
THE TOP FIVE WARMEST YEAR TO DATE PERIODS EVER:
YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
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1. 2012 57.8 DEGREES
2. 1921 54.8 DEGREES
3. 1987 54.4 DEGREES
4. 1934 53.9 DEGREES
2006 53.9 DEGREES
THE TOP FIVE BACK TO BACK WARMEST SUMMERS TO DATE EVER:
YEARS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
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1. 1933/1934 80.0 DEGREES
2. 2011/2012 78.7 DEGREES
3. 1987/1988 77.7 DEGREES
4. 1936/1937 77.2 DEGREES
1934/1935 76.8 DEGREES
MOST DAYS IN A MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE:
MONTH/YEAR NUMBER
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1. JULY 1936 17
2. JULY 1901 12
3. JULY 1934 11
4. JULY 2012 10
5. JULY 1930 9
MOST DAYS IN A MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 95 DEGREES OR MORE:
MONTH/YEAR NUMBER
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1. JULY 1936 24
2. JULY 2012 21
3. JULY 1901 19
4. AUGUST 1947 17
AUGUST 1983 17
MOST DAYS IN A MONTH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE:
MONTH/YEAR NUMBER
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1. JULY 2012 27
2. JULY 1936 26
3. JULY 1901 25
4. JULY 1886 24
AUGUST 1947 24
AUGUST 1983 24
THREE DAILY RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN AT DES MOINES AS LISTED BELOW:
DATE RECORD PREVIOUSLY NOW
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JULY 7 WARM MAXIMUM 100 IN 1936 100 IN 2012 (TIED)
JULY 23 WARM MAXIMUM 103 IN 1941 105 IN 2012
JULY 24 WARM MINIMUM 80 IN 2005 80 IN 2012 (TIED)
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