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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1246 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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         30    309 PM  60    1928  33     -3       34
  MINIMUM          3    645 AM -26    1996  15    -12       18
  AVERAGE         17                        24     -7       26

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.55 1919   0.04  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.10                      0.12  -0.02     0.02
  SINCE DEC 1      1.41                      2.54  -1.13     3.06
  SINCE JAN 1      0.60                      1.12  -0.52     1.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             5.2  1997   0.3   -0.3       T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.3                       1.0    0.3      0.5
  SINCE DEC 1     22.4                      18.5    3.9     23.5
  SINCE JUL 1     23.8                      21.4    2.4     23.5
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       48                        41      7       39
  MONTH TO DATE  148                       123     25      135
  SINCE DEC 1   2950                      2645    305     2380
  SINCE JUL 1   4153                      3903    250     3477

 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    83          1200 AM
 LOWEST     47           300 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      2005
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -23      1883


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY  4 2014......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   534 PM CST
FEBRUARY  5 2014......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   536 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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