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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
203 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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         72   1100 AM  94    1956  71      1       62
  MINIMUM         50   1159 PM  32    1946  51     -1       37
  AVERAGE         61                        61      0       50

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.95          2.27 2005   0.16   0.79     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.45                      1.86   0.59     2.98
  SINCE MAR 1      7.86                      8.02  -0.16    11.19
  SINCE JAN 1     10.20                     10.30  -0.10    14.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   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        4                         5     -1       15
  MONTH TO DATE   58                        81    -23      146
  SINCE MAR 1   1401                      1289    112     1616
  SINCE JUL 1   6708                      6120    588     5973

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        12      6        0
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        26      4       12
  SINCE JAN 1     30                        26      4       12
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           100 AM
 LOWEST     73          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    83

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        92      1956
                                             1915
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1997


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 13 2014...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 PM CDT
MAY 14 2014...........SUNRISE   556 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 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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