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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1240 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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         27    437 PM  66    1981  36     -9       37
  MINIMUM         21   1005 AM -19    1958  19      2       12
  AVERAGE         24                        28     -4       25

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.66 1932   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.78                      0.67   0.11     0.54
  SINCE DEC 1      2.09                      3.09  -1.00     3.58
  SINCE JAN 1      1.28                      1.67  -0.39     1.65

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             4.0  1975   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   11.6                       4.9    6.7      0.5
  SINCE DEC 1     32.7                      22.4   10.3     23.5
  SINCE JUL 1     34.1                      25.3    8.8     23.5
  SNOW DEPTH       4

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       41                        37      4       40
  MONTH TO DATE  826                       633    193      556
  SINCE DEC 1   3628                      3155    473     2801
  SINCE JUL 1   4831                      4413    418     3898

 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77           900 AM
 LOWEST     62          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        68      2011
                                             1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -20      1958


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 17 2014......SUNRISE   707 AM CST   SUNSET   551 PM CST
FEBRUARY 18 2014......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   552 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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