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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1246 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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         26    322 PM  67    2003  31     -5       16
  MINIMUM         -7    122 AM -17    1886  14    -21        8
  AVERAGE         10                        22    -12       12

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.32 1937   0.03  -0.02     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.26   0.17     0.14
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.68  -0.22     0.95
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.26   0.17     0.14

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.3           3.5  1964   0.2    0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       2.0    4.5      2.2
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      11.0   -2.6     15.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      13.9    0.3     17.2
  SNOW DEPTH       5

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       55                        43     12       53
  MONTH TO DATE  405                       337     68      460
  SINCE DEC 1   1424                      1546   -122     1813
  SINCE JUL 1   2741                      2804    -63     3016

 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    43   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    52   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           300 AM
 LOWEST     51          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    63

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      2002
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -24      1886


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  9 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST
JANUARY 10 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   504 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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