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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1241 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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         42    512 AM  57    1914  31     11       31       
  MINIMUM         18   1159 PM -19    1888  14      4        8       
                                      1881                          
  AVERAGE         30                        22      8       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          0.78 1960   0.04  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.45  -0.25     0.12    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.01                      1.87  -0.86     2.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.20                      0.45  -0.25     0.12    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             5.7  1930   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.2                       3.6   -1.4      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      12.6    3.2     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.2                      15.5    1.7     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        43     -8       45       
  MONTH TO DATE  669                       595     74      521       
  SINCE DEC 1   2022                      1804    218     1575       
  SINCE JUL 1   3225                      3062    163     2672       
                                                                     
 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    41   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    56   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    22.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        58      2006                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -27      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 15 2014.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   510 PM CST   
JANUARY 16 2014.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   511 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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