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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1234 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 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   1219 AM  65    2012  31    -21       39
  MINIMUM        -10   1159 PM -30    1884  15    -25       20
  AVERAGE          0                        23    -23       30

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.36 1946   0.03  -0.03      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.17  -0.03      T
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.59  -0.64     1.93
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.17  -0.03      T

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            10.2  1929   0.3   -0.3       T
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       1.3    0.9      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      10.3    5.5     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      13.2    4.0     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       65                        42     23       35
  MONTH TO DATE  277                       210     67      221
  SINCE DEC 1   1630                      1419    211     1275
  SINCE JUL 1   2833                      2677    156     2372

 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    69           300 AM
 LOWEST     44           600 PM
 AVERAGE    57

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        54      2012
                                             1961
                                             1933
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1912


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  6 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   500 PM CST
JANUARY  7 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   501 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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