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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
117 AM CST MON FEB 22 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         45    322 PM  67    1991  38      7       31       
  MINIMUM         34   1156 PM  -9    1885  21     13       15       
  AVERAGE         40                        30     10       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.22 1976   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      0.90   0.18     0.57    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.20                      3.32   3.88     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      1.90  -0.14     1.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           9.8  1976   0.2   -0.2       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       6.2    5.2      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      23.7   -0.6     21.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      26.6    3.4     27.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        35    -10       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  759                       814    -55      947       
  SINCE DEC 1   2911                      3336   -425     3155       
  SINCE JUL 1   3792                      4594   -802     4472       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                    
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     65          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        68      1982                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -10      1889                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 22 2016......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   556 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 23 2016......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   557 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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