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CLIDSM
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
538 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008
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..THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 3 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 79 348 PM 102 1936 85 -6 89
MINIMUM 63 551 AM 49 1967 65 -2 68
AVERAGE 71 75 -4 79
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 3.18 1981 0.14 -0.14 0.21
MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.42 -0.39 0.21
SINCE JUN 1 13.48 4.99 8.49 3.23
SINCE JAN 1 27.65 17.25 10.40 20.08
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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 16 -16 0
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 6 10 -4 14
MONTH TO DATE 27 30 -3 29
SINCE JUN 1 226 249 -23 267
SINCE JAN 1 265 322 -57 403
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 67 700 AM
LOWEST 39 300 PM
AVERAGE 53
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 109 1936
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1967
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JULY 3 2008..........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 852 PM CDT
JULY 4 2008..........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 852 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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