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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1253 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         14    743 PM  54    2012  31    -17       -1
                                      1961
                                      1933
  MINIMUM         -3    815 AM -19    1912  15    -18      -12
  AVERAGE          6                        23    -17       -6

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.38 1995   0.03  -0.03      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      0.20   0.22     0.14
  SINCE DEC 1      1.45                      1.62  -0.17     0.95
  SINCE JAN 1      0.42                      0.20   0.22     0.14

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.2           5.7  1995   0.2    0.0       T
  MONTH TO DATE    6.2                       1.5    4.7      2.2
  SINCE DEC 1      8.1                      10.5   -2.4     15.8
  SINCE JUL 1     13.9                      13.4    0.5     17.2
  SNOW DEPTH       6

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       59                        42     17       71
  MONTH TO DATE  285                       252     33      348
  SINCE DEC 1   1304                      1461   -157     1701
  SINCE JUL 1   2621                      2719    -98     2904

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  HAZE
  BLOWING SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    87           400 AM
 LOWEST     66           100 PM
 AVERAGE    77

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      2003
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -25      1912


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  7 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   501 PM CST
JANUARY  8 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   502 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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