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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
440 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2001

...THIS DECEMBER IS WARMEST EVER SO FAR IN DES MOINES...

THROUGH DECEMBER 14TH, DES MOINES HAS RECORDED AN AVERAGE HIGH 
TEMPERATURE OF 50.3 DEGREES AND AN AVERAGE LOW OF 30.3 DEGREES.  
THIS GIVES AN AVERAGE OF 40.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 15.8 DEGREES ABOVE 
NORMAL.  IF WE MAINTAIN THIS AVERAGE THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH, IT 
WOULD RANK AS THE WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.  THIS IS HIGHLY 
UNCERTAIN GIVEN THAT AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH 
THE END OF THE MONTH.  THE LATEST TWO WEEK OUTLOOK FORECASTS 
CONTINUED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH NEAR AVERAGE PRECIPITATION.

20 WARMEST DES MOINES DECEMBERS

1.  39.6    1889
2.  35.8    1923
    35.8    1931
4.  35.3    1965
5.  34.8    1881
6.  34.6    1891
7.  34.2    1918
8.  34.0    1896
    34.0    1913
    34.0    1939
11. 33.9    1959
12. 33.4    1941
13. 32.6    1894
14. 32.3    1890
15. 32.0    1957
16. 31.7    1912
17. 31.6    1946
18. 31.6    1979
19. 31.6    1982
20. 31.2    1907


DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 26.0
1961 TO 1990 30 YEAR NORMAL IS 24.4


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