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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
159 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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         85    258 PM  94    1925  74     11       80       
  MINIMUM         65    500 AM  35    1892  54     11       61       
  AVERAGE         75                        64     11       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          2.01 1950   0.15  -0.11     0.25    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.71                      3.09  -0.38     4.08    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.12                      9.25  -1.13    12.29    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.46                     11.53  -1.07    15.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1892   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        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       117     20      151       
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1325    155     1621       
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6156    631     5978       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         2      8        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        28      2       62       
  SINCE MAR 1     42                        42      0       74       
  SINCE JAN 1     42                        42      0       74       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        94      1886                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        35      1931                    
                                             1883                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 21 2014...........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 PM CDT   
MAY 22 2014...........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 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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