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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1258 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 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         49    147 AM  62    1987  31     18       21       
  MINIMUM         32   1012 PM -20    1916  14     18        8       
  AVERAGE         41                        22     19       15      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.49 1979   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.18                      0.41  -0.23     0.12    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      1.83  -0.84     2.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.18                      0.41  -0.23     0.12    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.9  1979   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       3.4   -1.2      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      12.4    3.4     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      15.3    1.9     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        43    -19       50       
  MONTH TO DATE  634                       552     82      476       
  SINCE DEC 1   1987                      1761    226     1530       
  SINCE JUL 1   3190                      3019    171     2627       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      1914                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1888                    
                                             1881                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 14 2014.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 PM CST   
JANUARY 15 2014.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   510 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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