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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
1231 AM CST WED JAN 8 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 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         19    250 PM  59    2003  31    -12       46       
  MINIMUM         -7    101 AM -25    1912  14    -21       23       
  AVERAGE          6                        22    -16       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.66 1937   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.23  -0.09      T      
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.65  -0.70     1.93    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.23  -0.09      T      
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             9.1  1913   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       1.8    0.4      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      10.8    5.0     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      13.7    3.5     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       59                        42     17       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  407                       294    113      294       
  SINCE DEC 1   1760                      1503    257     1348       
  SINCE JUL 1   2963                      2761    202     2445       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        67      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -17      1886                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  8 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   502 PM CST   
JANUARY  9 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   503 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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