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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
102 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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         36    837 PM  75    1921  36      0       29
  MINIMUM          6    354 AM -17    1905  19    -13       17
  AVERAGE         21                        27     -6       23

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.15          0.40 2003   0.04   0.11     0.00
                                      1942
  MONTH TO DATE    0.78                      0.62   0.16     0.54
  SINCE DEC 1      2.09                      3.04  -0.95     3.58
  SINCE JAN 1      1.28                      1.62  -0.34     1.65

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        1.3           5.7  2003   0.2    1.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   11.6                       4.6    7.0      0.5
  SINCE DEC 1     32.7                      22.1   10.6     23.5
  SINCE JUL 1     34.1                      25.0    9.1     23.5
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       44                        38      6       42
  MONTH TO DATE  785                       596    189      516
  SINCE DEC 1   3587                      3118    469     2761
  SINCE JUL 1   4790                      4376    414     3858

 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    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           100 PM
 LOWEST     63           400 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        66      1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -19      1958


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 16 2014......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   550 PM CST
FEBRUARY 17 2014......SUNRISE   707 AM CST   SUNSET   551 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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