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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1242 AM CST THU FEB 13 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 12 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         29    414 PM  70    1990  35     -6       45       
  MINIMUM         12    140 AM -21    1905  18     -6       23       
  AVERAGE         21                        26     -5       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.74 1949   0.05  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.54                      0.50   0.04     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.85                      2.92  -1.07     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.04                      1.50  -0.46     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3           6.5  1894   0.3    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.9                       3.8    5.1      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     30.0                      21.3    8.7     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     31.4                      24.2    7.2     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       44                        39      5       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  658                       482    176      418       
  SINCE DEC 1   3460                      3004    456     2663       
  SINCE JUL 1   4663                      4262    401     3760       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -26      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 13 2014......SUNRISE   712 AM CST   SUNSET   546 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 14 2014......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   547 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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