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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1233 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 5 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          8    453 PM  65    1946  33    -25       45       
  MINIMUM         -3   1159 PM -18    1936  16    -19       22       
                                      1883                          
  AVERAGE          3                        24    -21       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.79 1911   0.04  -0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.45                      0.20   0.25     0.02    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.76                      2.62  -0.86     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.95                      1.20  -0.25     1.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.9           7.0  2004   0.3    0.6      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.9                       1.6    5.3      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     28.0                      19.1    8.9     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.4                      22.0    7.4     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       6                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       62                        41     21       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  260                       205     55      204       
  SINCE DEC 1   3062                      2727    335     2449       
  SINCE JUL 1   4265                      3985    280     3546       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -13      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  6 2014......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   537 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  7 2014......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   538 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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