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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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         51    227 PM  60    1928  31     20       53
  MINIMUM         25   1240 AM -29    1912  14     11       16
  AVERAGE         38                        22     16       35

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.13 1960   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      0.38  -0.20     0.12
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      1.80  -0.81     2.05
  SINCE JAN 1      0.18                      0.38  -0.20     0.12

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          12.0  1890   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       3.1   -0.9      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      12.1    3.7     15.6
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      15.0    2.2     15.6
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       27                        43    -16       30
  MONTH TO DATE  610                       509    101      426
  SINCE DEC 1   1963                      1718    245     1480
  SINCE JUL 1   3166                      2976    190     2577

 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    88          1200 AM
 LOWEST     49          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        62      1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1916


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 13 2014.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   507 PM CST
JANUARY 14 2014.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 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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