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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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         81    423 PM  92    1939  75      6       72
                                      1885
  MINIMUM         56    456 AM  32    1963  55      1       54
  AVERAGE         69                        64      5       63

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.58 1914   0.15  -0.15      T
  MONTH TO DATE    2.73                      3.55  -0.82     4.10
  SINCE MAR 1      8.14                      9.71  -1.57    12.31
  SINCE JAN 1     10.48                     11.99  -1.51    15.16

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2001   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                         3     -3        2
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       127     10      158
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1335    145     1628
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6166    621     5985

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        4                         3      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        36      8       62
  SINCE MAR 1     56                        50      6       74
  SINCE JAN 1     56                        50      6       74
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           100 AM
 LOWEST     25           500 PM
 AVERAGE    53

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        97      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        36      1924


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2014...........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   836 PM CDT
MAY 25 2014...........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 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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