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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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         26    148 PM  78    1930  40    -14       41       
  MINIMUM         14   1159 PM -11    1889  22     -8       16       
  AVERAGE         20                        31    -11       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.13          1.58 2007   0.05   0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      1.06   0.75     1.03    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.12                      3.48  -0.36     4.07    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.31                      2.06   0.25     2.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        3.3           5.1  1975   0.2    3.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   18.9                       7.0   11.9      6.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     40.0                      24.5   15.5     29.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     41.4                      27.4   14.0     29.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        34     11       36       
  MONTH TO DATE 1094                       918    176      879       
  SINCE DEC 1   3896                      3440    456     3124       
  SINCE JUL 1   5099                      4698    401     4221       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     42           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        69      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22        -8      2010                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 25 2014......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   600 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 26 2014......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   602 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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