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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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         68    531 PM  92    1930  60      8       43       
  MINIMUM         51   1155 PM  20    1989  39     12       40       
  AVERAGE         60                        50     10       42      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.69 1887   0.12  -0.12     1.18    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.22                      1.04  -0.82     2.01    
  SINCE MAR 1      0.85                      3.34  -2.49     3.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.19                      5.62  -2.43     6.54    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.1  1997   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.9   -0.8      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      5.7                       6.1   -0.4      9.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     47.6                      34.4   13.2     48.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        16    -11       23       
  MONTH TO DATE  186                       174     12      169       
  SINCE MAR 1   1116                       970    146     1141       
  SINCE JUL 1   6423                      5801    622     5498       
                                                                     
 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 (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    54           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     15           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    35                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        87      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        20      1940                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 11 2014.........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   751 PM CDT   
APRIL 12 2014.........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   752 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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