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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1242 AM CST WED JAN 29 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 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         18    335 PM  56    1931  32    -14       49
  MINIMUM         -4    743 AM -20    1885  15    -19       35
  AVERAGE          7                        23    -16       42

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.82 1989   0.03  -0.03     0.36
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.89  -0.50     0.71
  SINCE DEC 1      1.20                      2.31  -1.11     2.64
  SINCE JAN 1      0.39                      0.89  -0.50     0.71

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.8  1918   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       7.6   -0.1      1.1
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      16.6    4.5     16.6
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      19.5    3.0     16.6
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       58                        42     16       23
  MONTH TO DATE 1321                      1190    131     1074
  SINCE DEC 1   2674                      2399    275     2128
  SINCE JUL 1   3877                      3657    220     3225

 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 (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5


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    69           900 AM
 LOWEST     30           200 PM
 AVERAGE    50

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        62      1919
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -23      1966


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 29 2014.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   527 PM CST
JANUARY 30 2014.......SUNRISE   728 AM CST   SUNSET   528 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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