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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CST MON JAN 12 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 11 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         36    216 PM  55    2002  31      5       34
                                      1992
  MINIMUM         17    651 AM -21    1912  14      3       23
  AVERAGE         27                        22      5       29

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1960   0.02  -0.02     0.00
                                      1890
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.35   0.08     0.18
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.77  -0.31     0.99
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.35   0.08     0.18

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.3  1905   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       2.8    3.7      2.2
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      11.8   -3.4     15.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      14.7   -0.5     17.2
  SNOW DEPTH       4

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       38                        43     -5       36
  MONTH TO DATE  548                       466     82      583
  SINCE DEC 1   1567                      1675   -108     1936
  SINCE JUL 1   2884                      2933    -49     3139

 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    77           900 PM
 LOWEST     44           200 PM
 AVERAGE    61

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        60      1928
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -29      1912


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 12 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST
JANUARY 13 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   507 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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