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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1254 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26 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         49    332 PM  65    2002  31     18       37
  MINIMUM          4   1159 PM -17    1904  14    -10        9
  AVERAGE         27                        23      4       23

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.51 1996   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.82  -0.43     0.15
  SINCE DEC 1      1.20                      2.24  -1.04     2.08
  SINCE JAN 1      0.39                      0.82  -0.43     0.15

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            13.7  1996   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       7.0    0.5      1.1
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      16.0    5.1     16.6
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      18.9    3.6     16.6
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       38                        42     -4       42
  MONTH TO DATE 1201                      1106     95     1023
  SINCE DEC 1   2554                      2315    239     2077
  SINCE JUL 1   3757                      3573    184     3174

 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    41   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    55   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    24.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    59           800 AM
 LOWEST     42          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    51

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        63      2002
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -16      1902


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 27 2014.......SUNRISE   731 AM CST   SUNSET   524 PM CST
JANUARY 28 2014.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   526 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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