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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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         67    520 PM  93    1980  65      2       68       
  MINIMUM         43    543 AM  26    1986  44     -1       37       
  AVERAGE         55                        54      1       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.56 1950   0.15  -0.15     0.16    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.19                      2.62  -0.43     6.53    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.82                      4.92  -2.10     8.21    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.16                      7.20  -2.04    11.06    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1992   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.8                       1.6   -0.8       T      
  SINCE MAR 1      6.4                       6.8   -0.4      9.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     48.3                      35.1   13.2     48.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        11     -1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  326                       333     -7      413       
  SINCE MAR 1   1256                      1129    127     1385       
  SINCE JUL 1   6563                      5960    603     5742       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                         5      7        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     12                         6      6        0       
  SINCE JAN 1     12                         6      6        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         

                                                                     
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    58           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    42                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        85      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        25      1956                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 23 2014.........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   804 PM CDT   
APRIL 24 2014.........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   805 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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