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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1258 AM CST FRI FEB 14 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 13 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         46    129 PM  65    1921  35     11       51
  MINIMUM         19   1210 AM -26    1905  18      1       26
  AVERAGE         33                        27      6       39

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.05 1919   0.04  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.54                      0.54   0.00     0.54
  SINCE DEC 1      1.85                      2.96  -1.11     3.58
  SINCE JAN 1      1.04                      1.54  -0.50     1.65

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             8.7  1978   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    8.9                       4.1    4.8      0.5
  SINCE DEC 1     30.0                      21.6    8.4     23.5
  SINCE JUL 1     31.4                      24.5    6.9     23.5
  SNOW DEPTH       5

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       32                        38     -6       26
  MONTH TO DATE  690                       520    170      444
  SINCE DEC 1   3492                      3042    450     2689
  SINCE JUL 1   4695                      4300    395     3786

 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LT FREEZING RAIN
  SNOW
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81           500 AM
 LOWEST     51           400 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        68      1954
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -14      1936


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 14 2014......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST
FEBRUARY 15 2014......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   548 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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