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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT WED AUG 13 2014


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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         80    338 PM 101    1936  84     -4       85
  MINIMUM         58    610 AM  48    2004  66     -8       66
                                      1964
  AVERAGE         69                        75     -6       76

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.06 1932   0.14  -0.14     0.51
  MONTH TO DATE    1.89                      1.61   0.28     0.98
  SINCE JUN 1     11.75                     11.02   0.73     5.23
  SINCE JAN 1     22.90                     24.20  -1.30    23.55

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUN 1      2                        18    -16       19
  SINCE JUL 1      2                         1      1        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        4                        10     -6       11
  MONTH TO DATE  102                       127    -25      126
  SINCE JUN 1    611                       697    -86      732
  SINCE JAN 1    742                       773    -31      834
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           500 AM
 LOWEST     39           400 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        99      1965
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        48      1964


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 13 2014........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT
AUGUST 14 2014........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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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