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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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         21    503 PM  59    1989  31    -10       37       
  MINIMUM          6    859 AM -19    1930  14     -8       18       
  AVERAGE         14                        22     -8       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.58 1996   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      0.54  -0.24     0.12    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.11                      1.96  -0.85     2.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.30                      0.54  -0.24     0.12    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.0  1936   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    5.5                       4.5    1.0      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.1                      13.5    5.6     15.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     20.5                      16.4    4.1     15.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        43      8       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  800                       724     76      628       
  SINCE DEC 1   2153                      1933    220     1682       
  SINCE JUL 1   3356                      3191    165     2779       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        63      1880                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -21      1887                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 18 2014.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   513 PM CST   
JANUARY 19 2014.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   514 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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