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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 17 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 79 301 PM 94 1933 82 -3 89
1913
1897
MINIMUM 54 502 AM 46 1999 62 -8 70
AVERAGE 67 72 -5 80
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.94 1883 0.16 -0.16 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 10.21 2.64 7.57 0.58
SINCE MAR 1 21.48 12.68 8.80 14.27
SINCE JAN 1 24.38 14.90 9.48 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 2 8 -6 15
MONTH TO DATE 111 102 9 131
SINCE JUN 1 111 102 9 131
SINCE JAN 1 150 175 -25 267
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 83 600 AM
LOWEST 28 300 PM
AVERAGE 56
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 98 1953
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 49 2000
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JUNE 17 2008..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 851 PM CDT
JUNE 18 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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