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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1238 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 11 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         34   1229 PM  55    2002  31      3       54
                                      1992
  MINIMUM         23    925 PM -21    1912  14      9       36
  AVERAGE         29                        22      7       45

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1960   0.02  -0.02     0.02
                                      1890
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      0.35  -0.17     0.12
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      1.77  -0.78     2.05
  SINCE JAN 1      0.18                      0.35  -0.17     0.12

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.3  1905   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       2.8   -0.6      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      11.8    4.0     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      14.7    2.5     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       36                        43     -7       20
  MONTH TO DATE  583                       466    117      396
  SINCE DEC 1   1936                      1675    261     1450
  SINCE JUL 1   3139                      2933    206     2547

 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM
 LOWEST     69          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    79

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        60      1928
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -29      1912


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 12 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST
JANUARY 13 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   507 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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