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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
154 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2021

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2021


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST      
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL           
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76    304 PM  87    1950  62     14       43       
  MINIMUM         45    523 AM  22    1972  42      3       33       
  AVERAGE         61                        52      9       38     

PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                    
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.01 1892   0.09  -0.09     0.16     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      1.71   0.10     0.43     
  SINCE SEP 1      2.64                      4.89  -2.25     4.39     
  SINCE JAN 1     22.08                     31.99  -9.91    26.35     

SNOWFALL (IN)                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1991   0.0    0.0      1.0      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      1.0      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      1.0      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.1   -0.1      1.0      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 

DEGREE DAYS                                                           
 HEATING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        4                        13     -9       27        
  MONTH TO DATE   61                       174   -113      167        
  SINCE SEP 1     82                       260   -178      269        
  SINCE JUL 1     82                       265   -183      269        

 COOLING                                                              
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0        
  MONTH TO DATE   35                        13     22       20        
  SINCE SEP 1    226                       133     93      109        
  SINCE JAN 1   1379                      1068    311     1208        
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WIND (MPH)                                                            
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                        


SKY COVER                                                             
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                                 


WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                    
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                         
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                                  


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    74           600 AM                                      
 LOWEST     26           300 PM                                      
 AVERAGE    50                                                        

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                     
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      2003                      
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        14      1972                      


SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER 19 2021.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT     
OCTOBER 20 2021.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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