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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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         41    515 AM  59    1990  31     10       50       
  MINIMUM         10   1159 PM -20    1888  14     -4       20       
  AVERAGE         26                        22      4       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          1.04 1980   0.03   0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      0.51  -0.21     0.12    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.11                      1.93  -0.82     2.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.30                      0.51  -0.21     0.12    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        3.3           3.9  1885   0.3    3.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    5.5                       4.2    1.3      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.1                      13.2    5.9     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     20.5                      16.1    4.4     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        43     -4       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  749                       681     68      591       
  SINCE DEC 1   2102                      1890    212     1645       
  SINCE JUL 1   3305                      3148    157     2742       
                                                                     
 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     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    54   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    19.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HEAVY SNOW                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      1989                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1930                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 17 2014.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   512 PM CST   
JANUARY 18 2014.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   513 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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