438  
CDUS43 KDMX 142229  
CLIDSM  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
528 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012  
 
   
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..THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 14 2012
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2012  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 95 316 PM 108 1936 86 9 85  
MINIMUM 69 545 AM 49 1967 67 2 69  
AVERAGE 82 76 6 77  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 3.64 1942 0.15 -0.15 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.28 2.15 -1.87 0.88  
SINCE JUN 1 2.45 7.09 -4.64 11.16  
SINCE JAN 1 15.43 20.24 -4.81 26.17  
 
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 6 17 -11 1  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 17 12 5 12  
MONTH TO DATE 271 157 114 187  
SINCE JUN 1 606 378 228 424  
SINCE JAN 1 814 454 360 529    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 84 400 AM  
LOWEST 36 200 PM  
AVERAGE 60  
   
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 108 1936  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1930  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 14 2012..........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 847 PM CDT  
JULY 15 2012..........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 847 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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