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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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         79    423 PM  90    2012  66     13       63
  MINIMUM         42    427 AM  28    1934  45     -3       32
  AVERAGE         61                        55      6       48

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.79 1904   0.16  -0.16     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.81                      3.07  -0.26     6.53
  SINCE MAR 1      3.44                      5.37  -1.93     8.21
  SINCE JAN 1      5.78                      7.65  -1.87    11.06

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1907   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.8                       1.7   -0.9       T
  SINCE MAR 1      6.4                       6.9   -0.5      9.6
  SINCE JUL 1     48.3                      35.2   13.1     48.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        4                        10     -6       17
  MONTH TO DATE  357                       365     -8      479
  SINCE MAR 1   1287                      1161    126     1451
  SINCE JUL 1   6594                      5992    602     5808

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   12                         8      4        0
  SINCE MAR 1     12                         9      3        0
  SINCE JAN 1     12                         9      3        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)
  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    89           100 AM
 LOWEST     20           200 PM
 AVERAGE    55

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        89      1989
                                             1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        25      1907


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 26 2014.........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   807 PM CDT
APRIL 27 2014.........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   808 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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