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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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         58    451 PM  86    2000  58      0       63       
  MINIMUM         25    443 AM  16    1982  37    -12       35       
  AVERAGE         42                        48     -6       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.22 1965   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.49  -0.36     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.76                      2.79  -2.03     1.68    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.10                      5.07  -1.97     4.53    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1982   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.5   -0.4      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      5.7                       5.7    0.0      9.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     47.6                      34.0   13.6     48.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        18      5       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  127                        92     35      117       
  SINCE MAR 1   1057                       888    169     1089       
  SINCE JUL 1   6364                      5719    645     5446       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         1     -1        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        10      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  6 2014.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   745 PM CDT   
APRIL  7 2014.........SUNRISE   648 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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