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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1231 AM CST FRI NOV 6 2009


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 2009...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         61    151 PM  75    1909  52      9       69
  MINIMUM         30    657 AM  14    1951  34     -4       55
  AVERAGE         46                        43      3       62

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.29 1905   0.08  -0.08     0.68
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.40  -0.40     0.68
  SINCE SEP 1      7.78                      6.17   1.61     8.03
  SINCE JAN 1     34.67                     31.69   2.98    45.77

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1959   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      1.1                       0.9    0.2      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      1.1                       0.9    0.2      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       19                        22     -3        3
  MONTH TO DATE   90                       104    -14       14
  SINCE SEP 1    650                       593     57      442
  SINCE JUL 1    664                       600     64      442

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    85           300 AM
 LOWEST     35           200 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   52        76      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        10      1991


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  6 2009......SUNRISE   653 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST
NOVEMBER  7 2009......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   502 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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