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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1236 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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         55    155 PM  68    1981  37     18       45       
  MINIMUM         30    107 AM -13    1903  20     10       18       
  AVERAGE         43                        28     15       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.94 1961   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.97                      0.76   0.21     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.28                      3.18  -0.90     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.47                      1.76  -0.29     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           8.5  1908   0.3   -0.3      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE   13.9                       5.5    8.4      0.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     35.0                      23.0   12.0     23.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     36.4                      25.9   10.5     23.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       22                        37    -15       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  877                       707    170      619       
  SINCE DEC 1   3679                      3229    450     2864       
  SINCE JUL 1   4882                      4487    395     3961       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        70      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20       -11      1936                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2014......SUNRISE   704 AM CST   SUNSET   553 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 20 2014......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   554 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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