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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1236 AM CST WED JAN 14 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 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         20    504 PM  62    1987  31    -11       49       
  MINIMUM         -6    739 AM -20    1916  14    -20       32       
  AVERAGE          7                        22    -15       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.49 1979   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.41   0.02     0.18    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.83  -0.37     0.99    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.41   0.02     0.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.9  1979   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       3.4    3.1      2.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      12.4   -4.0     15.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      15.3   -1.1     17.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       58                        43     15       24       
  MONTH TO DATE  660                       552    108      634       
  SINCE DEC 1   1679                      1761    -82     1987       
  SINCE JUL 1   2996                      3019    -23     3190       
                                                                     
 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    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         

                                                                     
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           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      1914                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1888                    
                                             1881                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 14 2015.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
JANUARY 15 2015.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 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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