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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1232 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 4 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         23   1231 AM  61    2005  33    -10       35
  MINIMUM          7   1159 PM -23    1883  16     -9       18
  AVERAGE         15                        24     -9       27

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.32          0.85 1986   0.04   0.28      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      0.16   0.26     0.02
  SINCE DEC 1      1.73                      2.58  -0.85     3.06
  SINCE JAN 1      0.92                      1.16  -0.24     1.13

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        4.7           5.2  1971   0.3    4.4       T
  MONTH TO DATE    6.0                       1.3    4.7      0.5
  SINCE DEC 1     27.1                      18.8    8.3     23.5
  SINCE JUL 1     28.5                      21.7    6.8     23.5
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       50                        41      9       38
  MONTH TO DATE  198                       164     34      173
  SINCE DEC 1   3000                      2686    314     2418
  SINCE JUL 1   4203                      3944    259     3515

 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  SNOW
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  BLOWING SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           200 AM
 LOWEST     59          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        65      1946
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -18      1936
                                             1883


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY  5 2014......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   536 PM CST
FEBRUARY  6 2014......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   537 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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