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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1252 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2 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    340 PM  65    1924  32    -12       29       
  MINIMUM          1    803 AM -26    1905  15    -14       17       
  AVERAGE         11                        24    -13       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.57 1983   0.04  -0.04     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.08   0.02     0.02    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.41                      2.50  -1.09     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.60                      1.08  -0.48     1.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.9  1983   0.4   -0.4      0.5     
  MONTH TO DATE    1.3                       0.7    0.6      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     22.4                      18.2    4.2     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     23.8                      21.1    2.7     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       54                        41     13       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  100                        82     18       96       
  SINCE DEC 1   2902                      2604    298     2341       
  SINCE JUL 1   4105                      3862    243     3438       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        60      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -26      1996                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  3 2014......SUNRISE   724 AM CST   SUNSET   533 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  4 2014......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   534 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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