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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT THU AUG 14 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 13 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         84    426 PM  99    1965  84      0       81       
  MINIMUM         57    446 AM  48    1964  66     -9       60       
  AVERAGE         71                        75     -4       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.24 1940   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.89                      1.75   0.14     0.98    
  SINCE JUN 1     11.75                     11.16   0.59     5.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.90                     24.34  -1.44    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        6                        10     -4        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  108                       137    -29      132       
  SINCE JUN 1    617                       707    -90      738       
  SINCE JAN 1    748                       783    -35      840       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84       104      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        51      1994                    
                                             1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 14 2014........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT   
AUGUST 15 2014........SUNRISE   623 AM CDT   SUNSET   814 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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