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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 24 2009...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         51    156 AM  65    1915  42      9       48
  MINIMUM         47   1223 PM   1    1950  25     22       28
  AVERAGE         49                        34     15       38

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.90R         0.36 1908   0.06   0.84     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.20                      1.74  -0.54     1.85
  SINCE SEP 1      8.98                      7.51   1.47     9.20
  SINCE JAN 1     35.87                     33.03   2.84    46.94

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           2.5  1975   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         3.3   -3.3      0.1
  SINCE SEP 1      1.1                       3.7   -2.6      0.1
  SINCE JUL 1      1.1                       3.7   -2.6      0.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           16                        31    -15       27
  MONTH TO DATE  379                       609   -230      582
  SINCE SEP 1    939                      1098   -159     1010
  SINCE JUL 1    953                      1105   -152     1010

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1
  SINCE SEP 1    108                       122    -14      115
  SINCE JAN 1    894                      1052   -158      931
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           400 AM
 LOWEST     71           200 AM
 AVERAGE    79

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        68      1960
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25         2      1991


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   448 PM CST
NOVEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE   715 AM CST   SUNSET   448 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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