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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12 2008
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2008
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 78 258 PM 97 1952 81 -3 87
MINIMUM 64 345 AM 43 1903 60 4 68
AVERAGE 71 71 0 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 1.22 2.63 1926 0.16 1.06 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 10.20 1.84 8.36 0.58
SINCE MAR 1 21.47 11.88 9.59 14.27
SINCE JAN 1 24.37 14.10 10.27 17.43
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 5.9 6.8 -0.9 12.0
SINCE JUL 1 58.5 36.4 22.1 39.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 15 -15 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 15 -15 0
SINCE JUL 1 6698 6435 263 5942
COOLING
TODAY 6 7 -1 13
MONTH TO DATE 83 66 17 64
SINCE JUN 1 83 66 17 64
SINCE JAN 1 122 139 -17 200
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 100 AM
LOWEST 40 300 PM
AVERAGE 67
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 99 1886
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1955
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JUNE 12 2008..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT
JUNE 13 2008..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 850 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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