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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1240 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 24 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         43   1118 PM  62    1981  31     12       21       
                                      1967                          
  MINIMUM          4   1208 AM -21    1894  14    -10        4       
  AVERAGE         24                        23      1       13      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.42 1929   0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.75  -0.36     0.15    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.20                      2.17  -0.97     2.08    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.39                      0.75  -0.36     0.15    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             3.4  1929   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       6.4    1.1      1.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      15.4    5.7     16.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      18.3    4.2     16.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        42     -1       52       
  MONTH TO DATE 1128                      1022    106      944       
  SINCE DEC 1   2481                      2231    250     1998       
  SINCE JUL 1   3684                      3489    195     3095       
                                                                     
 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    62          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        61      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -27      1894                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 25 2014.......SUNRISE   733 AM CST   SUNSET   522 PM CST   
JANUARY 26 2014.......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   523 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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