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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1228 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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    354 PM  63    2002  32    -24       42
  MINIMUM         -2    754 AM -16    1902  14    -16       32
  AVERAGE          3                        23    -20       37

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1949   0.04  -0.04     0.20
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.86  -0.47     0.35
  SINCE DEC 1      1.20                      2.28  -1.08     2.28
  SINCE JAN 1      0.39                      0.86  -0.47     0.35

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           9.6  1949   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       7.3    0.2      1.1
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      16.3    4.8     16.6
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      19.2    3.3     16.6
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       62                        42     20       28
  MONTH TO DATE 1263                      1148    115     1051
  SINCE DEC 1   2616                      2357    259     2105
  SINCE JUL 1   3819                      3615    204     3202

 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    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    46   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    59          1100 PM
 LOWEST     35           400 PM
 AVERAGE    47

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        56      1931
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -20      1885


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 28 2014.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   526 PM CST
JANUARY 29 2014.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   527 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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