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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1233 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 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         37    817 AM  55    1880  31      6       35
  MINIMUM         10   1159 PM -25    1884  15     -5       12
  AVERAGE         24                        23      1       24

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.96 1910   0.04  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.14   0.00      T
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.56  -0.61     1.93
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.14   0.00      T

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             9.0  1910   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       1.0    1.2      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      10.0    5.8     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      12.9    4.3     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       4

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       41                        42     -1       41
  MONTH TO DATE  212                       168     44      186
  SINCE DEC 1   1565                      1377    188     1240
  SINCE JUL 1   2768                      2635    133     2337

 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           900 AM
 LOWEST     56           300 AM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        65      2012
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -30      1884


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  5 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST
JANUARY  6 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   500 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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