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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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    410 PM  98    1967  75      6       61
  MINIMUM         63    729 AM  34    1925  55      8       53
  AVERAGE         72                        65      7       57

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.45          2.40 1960   0.15   0.30     1.07
  MONTH TO DATE    3.18                      3.84  -0.66     5.18
  SINCE MAR 1      8.59                     10.00  -1.41    13.39
  SINCE JAN 1     10.93                     12.28  -1.35    16.24

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        8
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       133      4      169
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1341    139     1639
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6172    615     5996

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        7                         3      4        0
  MONTH TO DATE   57                        42     15       62
  SINCE MAR 1     69                        56     13       74
  SINCE JAN 1     69                        56     13       74
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           700 AM
 LOWEST     59          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        93      1985
                                             1967
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        39      1961


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 26 2014...........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 PM CDT
MAY 27 2014...........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   838 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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