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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         40   1235 AM  64    1981  38      2       24       
                                      1930                          
  MINIMUM         26   1145 PM -12    1929  21      5        2       
  AVERAGE         33                        29      4       13      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.67R         0.66 1954   0.04   0.63     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.68                      0.85   0.83     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.99                      3.27  -0.28     3.58    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.18                      1.85   0.33     1.65    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.7           5.8  1919   0.3    1.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   15.6                       6.0    9.6      0.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     36.7                      23.5   13.2     23.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     38.1                      26.4   11.7     23.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        36     -4       52       
  MONTH TO DATE  935                       779    156      719       
  SINCE DEC 1   3737                      3301    436     2964       
  SINCE JUL 1   4940                      4559    381     4061       
                                                                     
 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    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    45   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  HAIL                                                               
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  SLEET                                                              
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     70           800 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        67      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -9      1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2014......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   556 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 22 2014......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   557 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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