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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1236 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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         20    419 PM  65    1989  32    -12       15       
  MINIMUM          9    903 AM -21    1996  15     -6        0       
  AVERAGE         15                        24     -9        8      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.48 2002   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.50                      1.00  -0.50     1.11    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.31                      2.42  -1.11     3.04    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.50                      1.00  -0.50     1.11    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.0  2002   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    7.5                       8.5   -1.0      7.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.1                      17.5    3.6     23.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.5                      20.4    2.1     23.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       50                        42      8       57       
  MONTH TO DATE 1449                      1316    133     1191       
  SINCE DEC 1   2802                      2522    280     2245       
  SINCE JUL 1   4005                      3780    225     3342       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        60      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1917                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  1 2014......SUNRISE   726 AM CST   SUNSET   531 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  2 2014......SUNRISE   725 AM CST   SUNSET   532 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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