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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1247 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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         39    410 PM  67    1991  38      1       26
  MINIMUM         21    732 AM  -9    1885  21      0       19
  AVERAGE         30                        30      0       23

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.22 1976   0.05  -0.05     0.38
  MONTH TO DATE    1.68                      0.90   0.78     0.92
  SINCE DEC 1      2.99                      3.32  -0.33     3.96
  SINCE JAN 1      2.18                      1.90   0.28     2.03

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             9.8  1976   0.2   -0.2      4.6
  MONTH TO DATE   15.6                       6.2    9.4      5.2
  SINCE DEC 1     36.7                      23.7   13.0     28.2
  SINCE JUL 1     38.1                      26.6   11.5     28.2
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       35                        35      0       42
  MONTH TO DATE  970                       814    156      761
  SINCE DEC 1   3772                      3336    436     3006
  SINCE JUL 1   4975                      4594    381     4103

 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 (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    42   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75          1200 AM
 LOWEST     47          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    61

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        68      1982
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -10      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 22 2014......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   557 PM CST
FEBRUARY 23 2014......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   558 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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