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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
527 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2018
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2018
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
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)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 61 302 PM 86 1987 64 -3 65
1980
MINIMUM 33 538 AM 21 1888 43 -10 45
AVERAGE 47 54 -7 55
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.41 1893 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.70 2.33 -0.63 2.07
SINCE MAR 1 4.07 4.63 -0.56 5.54
SINCE JAN 1 6.87 6.91 -0.04 8.05
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 3.5 1959 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 3.1 1.5 1.6 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 8.1 6.7 1.4 3.6
SINCE JUL 1 31.1 35.0 -3.9 14.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 18 12 6 10
MONTH TO DATE 548 310 238 162
SINCE MAR 1 1361 1106 255 880
SINCE JUL 1 6012 5937 75 4580
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 15
SINCE MAR 1 0 4 -4 15
SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 15
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 69 600 AM
LOWEST 28 300 PM
AVERAGE 49
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 91 1980
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1966
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 20 2018.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT
APRIL 21 2018.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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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