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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10 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    441 PM  66    1999  34    -26       52       
  MINIMUM        -10    657 AM -20    1885  17    -27       33       
  AVERAGE         -1                        26    -27       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1981   0.04  -0.04     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.41   0.10     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.82                      2.83  -1.01     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.01                      1.41  -0.40     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.6  1981   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    8.6                       3.2    5.4      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     29.7                      20.7    9.0     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     31.1                      23.6    7.5     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       66                        39     27       22       
  MONTH TO DATE  553                       404    149      354       
  SINCE DEC 1   3355                      2926    429     2599       
  SINCE JUL 1   4558                      4184    374     3696       
                                                                     
 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    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -24      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 11 2014......SUNRISE   715 AM CST   SUNSET   543 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 12 2014......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   545 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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