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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
141 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 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         20    229 AM  68    1954  36    -16       45       
  MINIMUM          8   1159 PM -14    1936  18    -10       25       
  AVERAGE         14                        27    -13       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.09          0.98 2003   0.04   0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.63                      0.58   0.05     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.94                      3.00  -1.06     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.13                      1.58  -0.45     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.4           5.2  2003   0.3    1.1       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   10.3                       4.4    5.9      0.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     31.4                      21.9    9.5     23.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     32.8                      24.8    8.0     23.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        38     13       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  741                       558    183      474       
  SINCE DEC 1   3543                      3080    463     2719       
  SINCE JUL 1   4746                      4338    408     3816       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        75      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -17      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 15 2014......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   548 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 16 2014......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   550 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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