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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1246 AM CST THU FEB 27 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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         28    903 PM  70    1896  40    -12       34
  MINIMUM         -6    716 AM -14    1963  23    -29       30
                                      1897
  AVERAGE         11                        32    -21       32

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.90 1912   0.05  -0.05     0.52
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      1.17   0.64     1.55
  SINCE DEC 1      3.12                      3.59  -0.47     4.59
  SINCE JAN 1      2.31                      2.17   0.14     2.66

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            12.2  1912   0.3   -0.3      6.0
  MONTH TO DATE   19.0                       7.5   11.5     12.7
  SINCE DEC 1     40.1                      25.0   15.1     35.7
  SINCE JUL 1     41.5                      27.9   13.6     35.7
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       54                        33     21       33
  MONTH TO DATE 1205                       985    220      942
  SINCE DEC 1   4007                      3507    500     3187
  SINCE JUL 1   5210                      4765    445     4284

 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           700 AM
 LOWEST     50           900 PM
 AVERAGE    63

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        68      1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -11      1962


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 27 2014......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   603 PM CST
FEBRUARY 28 2014......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   604 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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