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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST SAT FEB 8 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 7 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         17    428 PM  63    1987  34    -17       43       
  MINIMUM         -5    632 AM -21    1905  16    -21       29       
  AVERAGE          6                        25    -19       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.75 1928   0.04  -0.04     0.30    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.45                      0.28   0.17     0.34    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.76                      2.70  -0.94     3.38    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.95                      1.28  -0.33     1.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             3.4  2005   0.4   -0.4       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    6.9                       2.3    4.6      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     28.0                      19.8    8.2     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.4                      22.7    6.7     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       59                        40     19       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  383                       285     98      263       
  SINCE DEC 1   3185                      2807    378     2508       
  SINCE JUL 1   4388                      4065    323     3605       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75          1000 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        60      1999                    
                                             1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -21      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  8 2014......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   539 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  9 2014......SUNRISE   717 AM CST   SUNSET   541 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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