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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1227 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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    415 PM  65    1930  39    -12       32       
  MINIMUM         17    836 AM -13    1889  22     -5       12       
  AVERAGE         22                        30     -8       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.87 2012   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.68                      1.01   0.67     1.03    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.99                      3.43  -0.44     4.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.18                      2.01   0.17     2.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.6  1924   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   15.6                       6.8    8.8      6.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     36.7                      24.3   12.4     29.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     38.1                      27.2   10.9     29.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        35      8       43       
  MONTH TO DATE 1049                       884    165      843       
  SINCE DEC 1   3851                      3406    445     3088       
  SINCE JUL 1   5054                      4664    390     4185       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     42           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        78      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22       -11      1889                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2014......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 25 2014......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   600 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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