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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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         19   1205 AM  68    1981  41    -22       32       
  MINIMUM         -1    858 AM -11    1962  23    -24       26       
  AVERAGE          9                        32    -23       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.76 1948   0.06  -0.06     0.19    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      1.23   0.58     1.74    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.12                      3.65  -0.53     4.78    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.31                      2.23   0.08     2.85    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             3.1  1886   0.2   -0.2      3.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   19.0                       7.7   11.3     15.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     40.1                      25.2   14.9     38.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     41.5                      28.1   13.4     38.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       56                        33     23       36       
  MONTH TO DATE 1261                      1018    243      978       
  SINCE DEC 1   4063                      3540    523     3223       
  SINCE JUL 1   5266                      4798    468     4320       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    64           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    51                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        69      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24       -16      1962                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 28 2014......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   604 PM CST   
MARCH  1 2014.........SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   605 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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