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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 16 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 75 356 PM 102 1918 82 -7 91
MINIMUM 60 628 AM 48 1989 61 -1 69
AVERAGE 68 72 -4 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.23 1990 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 10.21 2.48 7.73 0.58
SINCE MAR 1 21.48 12.52 8.96 14.27
SINCE JAN 1 24.38 14.74 9.64 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 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 16 -16 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 16 -16 0
SINCE JUL 1 6698 6436 262 5942
COOLING
TODAY 3 7 -4 15
MONTH TO DATE 109 94 15 116
SINCE JUN 1 109 94 15 116
SINCE JAN 1 148 167 -19 252
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 60 500 AM
LOWEST 35 200 PM
AVERAGE 48
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 94 1933
1913
1897
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1999
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JUNE 16 2008..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 851 PM CDT
JUNE 17 2008..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 851 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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