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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 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   1233 AM  61    1976  34    -17       39       
  MINIMUM          0   1154 PM -23    1899  17    -17       28       
  AVERAGE          9                        25    -16       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.62 1939   0.05  -0.05     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.37   0.14     0.48    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.82                      2.79  -0.97     3.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.01                      1.37  -0.36     1.59    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.3  1960   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.6                       2.9    5.7      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     29.7                      20.4    9.3     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     31.1                      23.3    7.8     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       56                        40     16       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  487                       365    122      332       
  SINCE DEC 1   3289                      2887    402     2577       
  SINCE JUL 1   4492                      4145    347     3674       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        66      1999                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -20      1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 10 2014......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   542 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 11 2014......SUNRISE   715 AM CST   SUNSET   543 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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