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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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         78    441 PM  93    2000  71      7       59
  MINIMUM         57    517 AM  30    1946  51      6       43
  AVERAGE         68                        61      7       51

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.89          2.98 1923   0.16   0.73     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.50                      1.70  -0.20     2.98
  SINCE MAR 1      6.91                      7.86  -0.95    11.19
  SINCE JAN 1      9.25                     10.14  -0.89    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       14
  MONTH TO DATE   54                        76    -22      131
  SINCE MAR 1   1397                      1284    113     1601
  SINCE JUL 1   6704                      6115    589     5958

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        3                         1      2        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        11      7        0
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        25      5       12
  SINCE JAN 1     30                        25      5       12
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97          1100 AM
 LOWEST     64           300 PM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        94      1956
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1946


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 12 2014...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 PM CDT
MAY 13 2014...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 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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