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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1233 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 9 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         13   1229 AM  57    2002  31    -18       23       
  MINIMUM          2   1119 PM -24    1886  14    -12        5       
  AVERAGE          8                        22    -14       14      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.52 1901   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.29   0.14     0.14    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.71  -0.25     0.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.29   0.14     0.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             7.3  1957   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       2.3    4.2      2.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      11.3   -2.9     15.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      14.2    0.0     17.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       57                        43     14       51       
  MONTH TO DATE  462                       380     82      511       
  SINCE DEC 1   1481                      1589   -108     1864       
  SINCE JUL 1   2798                      2847    -49     3067       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    39   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     52           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        65      1928                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -22      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 10 2015.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   504 PM CST   
JANUARY 11 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   505 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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