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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
143 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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   1207 AM  88    1962  66      2       49       
                                      1928                          
  MINIMUM         40   1159 PM  26    1964  45     -5       43       
  AVERAGE         54                        55     -1       46      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.89 1961   0.08  -0.08     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.98                      0.86   2.12     2.28    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.30                      3.91   7.39     5.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.37                     30.63   6.74    27.31    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.1  2009   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        10      1       19       
  MONTH TO DATE   83                        88     -5       36       
  SINCE SEP 1    169                       182    -13       58       
  SINCE JUL 1    169                       188    -19       58       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        10     -4       19       
  SINCE SEP 1    172                       123     49      225       
  SINCE JAN 1   1439                      1062    377     1305       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.8                                         
                                                                   
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        86      1962                    
                                             1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        21      1987                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 12 2018.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 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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