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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1227 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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         51    149 PM  70    1930  37     14       25       
  MINIMUM         27    739 AM -11    1936  20      7        9       
  AVERAGE         39                        29     10       17      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          1.09 1888   0.05  -0.01      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.01                      0.81   0.20     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.32                      3.23  -0.91     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.51                      1.81  -0.30     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.3  2010   0.2   -0.2       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   13.9                       5.7    8.2      0.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     35.0                      23.2   11.8     23.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     36.4                      26.1   10.3     23.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        36    -10       48       
  MONTH TO DATE  903                       743    160      667       
  SINCE DEC 1   3705                      3265    440     2912       
  SINCE JUL 1   4908                      4523    385     4009       
                                                                     
 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     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      1981                    
                                             1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -12      1929                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 20 2014......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   554 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 21 2014......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   556 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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