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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1243 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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         43    341 PM  69    1932  41      2       32
  MINIMUM          4   1249 AM -16    1962  24    -20       24
  AVERAGE         24                        32     -8       28

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          1.29 1987   0.05  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.84                      1.28   0.56     1.74
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      3.70  -0.55     4.78
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      2.28   0.06     2.85

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.4          14.2  1939   0.2    0.2       T
  MONTH TO DATE   19.4                       7.9   11.5     15.7
  SINCE DEC 1     40.5                      25.4   15.1     38.7
  SINCE JUL 1     41.9                      28.3   13.6     38.7
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       41                        33      8       37
  MONTH TO DATE 1302                      1051    251     1015
  SINCE DEC 1   4104                      3573    531     3260
  SINCE JUL 1   5307                      4831    476     4357

 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    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    81           900 PM
 LOWEST     39           300 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        77      1992
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24       -22      1962


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MARCH  1 2014.........SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   605 PM CST
MARCH  2 2014.........SUNRISE   648 AM CST   SUNSET   606 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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