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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 8 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    454 PM  60    1999  34    -11       29       
                                      1954                          
  MINIMUM         11    426 AM -21    1899  17     -6       25       
  AVERAGE         17                        25     -8       27      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.06          0.81 1918   0.04   0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.32   0.19     0.34    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.82                      2.74  -0.92     3.38    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.01                      1.32  -0.31     1.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.7           8.3  1901   0.3    1.4       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    8.6                       2.6    6.0      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     29.7                      20.1    9.6     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     31.1                      23.0    8.1     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       48                        40      8       38       
  MONTH TO DATE  431                       325    106      301       
  SINCE DEC 1   3233                      2847    386     2546       
  SINCE JUL 1   4436                      4105    331     3643       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        61      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -23      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  9 2014......SUNRISE   717 AM CST   SUNSET   541 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 10 2014......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   542 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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