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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
126 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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         71    325 PM  92    1934  73     -2       85       
  MINIMUM         46    501 AM  35    1916  53     -7       63       
  AVERAGE         59                        63     -4       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.66 1944   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.67                      2.79  -0.12     2.98    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.08                      8.95  -0.87    11.19    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.42                     11.23  -0.81    14.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1968   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        6                         4      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       109     28      151       
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1317    163     1621       
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6148    639     5978       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        24     -6       46       
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        38     -8       58       
  SINCE JAN 1     30                        38     -8       58       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    61           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    46                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        93      1975                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        35      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2014...........SUNRISE   552 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 PM CDT   
MAY 20 2014...........SUNRISE   551 AM CDT   SUNSET   832 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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