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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
126 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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         66    245 PM  90    1880  73     -7       81
  MINIMUM         39    444 AM  36    1915  53    -14       63
  AVERAGE         53                        63    -10       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.25 2004   0.15  -0.15     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.67                      2.63   0.04     2.98
  SINCE MAR 1      8.08                      8.79  -0.71    11.19
  SINCE JAN 1     10.42                     11.07  -0.65    14.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         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       12                         4      8        0
  MONTH TO DATE  131                       105     26      151
  SINCE MAR 1   1474                      1313    161     1621
  SINCE JUL 1   6781                      6144    637     5978

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        7
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        22     -4       37
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        36     -6       49
  SINCE JAN 1     30                        36     -6       49
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1


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    76           500 AM
 LOWEST     26           200 PM
 AVERAGE    51

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        92      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        35      1916


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2014...........SUNRISE   553 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT
MAY 19 2014...........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 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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