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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1231 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25 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   1201 AM  61    1944  31     10       40
  MINIMUM         18    848 AM -27    1894  14      4       15
  AVERAGE         30                        23      7       28

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.92 1895   0.04  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.79  -0.40     0.15
  SINCE DEC 1      1.20                      2.21  -1.01     2.08
  SINCE JAN 1      0.39                      0.79  -0.40     0.15

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            10.0  1895   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       6.7    0.8      1.1
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      15.7    5.4     16.6
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      18.6    3.9     16.6
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       35                        42     -7       37
  MONTH TO DATE 1163                      1064     99      981
  SINCE DEC 1   2516                      2273    243     2035
  SINCE JUL 1   3719                      3531    188     3132

 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76           200 AM
 LOWEST     30           100 PM
 AVERAGE    53

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        65      2002
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -17      1904


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 26 2014.......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   523 PM CST
JANUARY 27 2014.......SUNRISE   731 AM CST   SUNSET   524 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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