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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1238 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         10    235 PM  60    2004  31    -21       31
  MINIMUM         -6   1134 PM -19    1887  15    -21        8
                                      1885
                                      1879
  AVERAGE          2                        23    -21       20

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.00 1982   0.03  -0.03      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.07   0.07      T
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.49  -0.54     1.93
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.07   0.07      T

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             7.0  1982   0.2   -0.2      0.1
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       0.5    1.7      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                       9.5    6.3     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      12.4    4.8     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       4

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       63                        42     21       45
  MONTH TO DATE  119                        84     35      101
  SINCE DEC 1   1472                      1293    179     1155
  SINCE JUL 1   2675                      2551    124     2252

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76           400 AM
 LOWEST     55           100 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        60      1880
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -21      1879


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  3 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST
JANUARY  4 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   458 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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