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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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         64    421 PM  80    1991  59      5       70
                                      1893
  MINIMUM         40    602 AM  16    2007  38      2       35
                                      1936
  AVERAGE         52                        48      4       53

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.08          1.22 2011   0.11  -0.03      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.22                      0.70  -0.48      T
  SINCE MAR 1      0.85                      3.00  -2.15     1.68
  SINCE JAN 1      3.19                      5.28  -2.09     4.53

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.2  1982   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.7   -0.6      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      5.7                       5.9   -0.2      9.6
  SINCE JUL 1     47.6                      34.2   13.4     48.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       13                        17     -4       12
  MONTH TO DATE  153                       126     27      134
  SINCE MAR 1   1083                       922    161     1106
  SINCE JUL 1   6390                      5753    637     5463

 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN
  HAIL
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79           600 AM
 LOWEST     34          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    57

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        87      1931
                                             1887
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        20      1972
                                             1928


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL  8 2014.........SUNRISE   646 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 PM CDT
APRIL  9 2014.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   749 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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