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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 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          8    509 PM  59    1909  31    -23       30       
  MINIMUM         -6    807 AM -22    1963  14    -20        6       
  AVERAGE          1                        23    -22       18      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1894   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.72  -0.34     0.15    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.19                      2.14  -0.95     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.38                      0.72  -0.34     0.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.5  1894   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       6.1    1.4      1.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      15.1    6.0     16.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      18.0    4.5     16.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       64                        42     22       47       
  MONTH TO DATE 1087                       980    107      892       
  SINCE DEC 1   2440                      2189    251     1946       
  SINCE JUL 1   3643                      3447    196     3043       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     57           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        62      1981                    
                                             1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -21      1894                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 24 2014.......SUNRISE   733 AM CST   SUNSET   521 PM CST   
JANUARY 25 2014.......SUNRISE   733 AM CST   SUNSET   522 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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