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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1233 AM CST FRI JAN 10 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 9 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         23   1159 PM  57    2002  31     -8       48       
  MINIMUM          5    417 AM -24    1886  14     -9       29       
  AVERAGE         14                        22     -8       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1901   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.14                      0.29  -0.15      T      
  SINCE DEC 1      0.95                      1.71  -0.76     1.93    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.14                      0.29  -0.15      T      
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.3  1957   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       2.3   -0.1      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      11.3    4.5     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      14.2    3.0     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        43      8       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  511                       380    131      347       
  SINCE DEC 1   1864                      1589    275     1401       
  SINCE JUL 1   3067                      2847    220     2498       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     66           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        65      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -22      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 10 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   504 PM CST   
JANUARY 11 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   505 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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