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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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    210 PM  97    1939  75      6       72
  MINIMUM         61    617 AM  36    1924  55      6       51
  AVERAGE         71                        65      6       62

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.62 1922   0.14  -0.14     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    2.73                      3.69  -0.96     4.11
  SINCE MAR 1      8.14                      9.85  -1.71    12.32
  SINCE JAN 1     10.48                     12.13  -1.65    15.17

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        0                         3     -3        3
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       130      7      161
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1338    142     1631
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6169    618     5988

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        6                         3      3        0
  MONTH TO DATE   50                        39     11       62
  SINCE MAR 1     62                        53      9       74
  SINCE JAN 1     62                        53      9       74
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1


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    68          1000 PM
 LOWEST     32           300 PM
 AVERAGE    50

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        98      1967
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        34      1925


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 25 2014...........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 PM CDT
MAY 26 2014...........SUNRISE   546 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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