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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1249 AM CST THU JAN 9 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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         16    337 PM  67    2003  31    -15       47
  MINIMUM          8    431 AM -17    1886  14     -6       28
  AVERAGE         12                        22    -10       38

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.32 1937   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.26  -0.12      T
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.68  -0.73     1.93
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.26  -0.12      T

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1964   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       2.0    0.2      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      11.0    4.8     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      13.9    3.3     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       53                        43     10       27
  MONTH TO DATE  460                       337    123      321
  SINCE DEC 1   1813                      1546    267     1375
  SINCE JUL 1   3016                      2804    212     2472

 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     E (110)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    73           300 AM
 LOWEST     51           300 PM
 AVERAGE    62

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      2002
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -24      1886


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  9 2014.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST
JANUARY 10 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   504 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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