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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
202 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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         81    237 PM  95    2011  71     10       68
  MINIMUM         52    101 AM  32    1966  50      2       50
  AVERAGE         67                        60      7       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.14          2.83 1912   0.16  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.61                      1.54  -0.93     2.98
  SINCE MAR 1      6.02                      7.70  -1.68    11.19
  SINCE JAN 1      8.36                      9.98  -1.62    14.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1966   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      6.9
  SINCE MAR 1      6.4                       7.0   -0.6     16.5
  SINCE JUL 1     48.3                      35.3   13.0     55.2
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        6
  MONTH TO DATE   54                        70    -16      117
  SINCE MAR 1   1397                      1278    119     1587
  SINCE JUL 1   6704                      6109    595     5944

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        10      5        0
  SINCE MAR 1     27                        24      3       12
  SINCE JAN 1     27                        24      3       12
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    72          1100 PM
 LOWEST     26           100 PM
 AVERAGE    49

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        93      2000
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        30      1946


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 11 2014...........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT
MAY 12 2014...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 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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