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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1228 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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         19    134 AM  60    1928  31    -12       51
  MINIMUM          2   1159 PM -29    1912  14    -12       25
  AVERAGE         11                        22    -11       38

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.13 1960   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.38   0.05     0.18
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.80  -0.34     0.99
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.38   0.05     0.18

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          12.0  1890   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       3.1    3.4      2.2
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      12.1   -3.7     15.8
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      15.0   -0.8     17.2
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       54                        43     11       27
  MONTH TO DATE  602                       509     93      610
  SINCE DEC 1   1621                      1718    -97     1963
  SINCE JUL 1   2938                      2976    -38     3166

 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    79          1100 PM
 LOWEST     53           100 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        62      1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1916


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 13 2015.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   507 PM CST
JANUARY 14 2015.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   508 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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