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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
136 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 29 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         86    417 PM 104    1934  76     10       82
  MINIMUM         65    547 AM  32    1947  57      8       64
  AVERAGE         76                        66     10       73

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.41 1880   0.15  -0.15     0.09
  MONTH TO DATE    3.39                      4.43  -1.04     7.18
  SINCE MAR 1      8.80                     10.59  -1.79    15.39
  SINCE JAN 1     11.14                     12.87  -1.73    18.24

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                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       142     -5      175
  SINCE MAR 1   1480                      1350    130     1645
  SINCE JUL 1   6787                      6181    606     6002

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       11                         4      7        8
  MONTH TO DATE   91                        55     36       81
  SINCE MAR 1    103                        69     34       93
  SINCE JAN 1    103                        69     34       93
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM
 LOWEST     51           400 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77       105      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        40      1897


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 30 2014...........SUNRISE   544 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 PM CDT
MAY 31 2014...........SUNRISE   544 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 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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