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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
1249 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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         15   1159 PM  58    1992  31    -16       11       
  MINIMUM         -5    739 AM -26    1883  14    -19       -2       
  AVERAGE          5                        22    -17        5      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.42 1973   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.66  -0.28     0.15    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.19                      2.08  -0.89     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.38                      0.66  -0.28     0.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3           6.0  1973   0.3    0.0       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       5.6    1.9      1.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      14.6    6.5     16.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      17.5    5.0     16.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       60                        43     17       60       
  MONTH TO DATE  967                       896     71      791       
  SINCE DEC 1   2320                      2105    215     1845       
  SINCE JUL 1   3523                      3363    160     2942       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           300 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -23      1883                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 22 2014.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   518 PM CST   
JANUARY 23 2014.......SUNRISE   734 AM CST   SUNSET   519 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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