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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                            
135 AM CST THU JAN 15 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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         28    101 PM  57    1914  31     -3       42       
  MINIMUM         18    914 PM -19    1888  14      4       18       
                                      1881                          
  AVERAGE         23                        22      1       30      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1960   0.04  -0.04     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.45  -0.02     0.20    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.87  -0.41     1.01    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.45  -0.02     0.20    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.7  1930   0.2   -0.2       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       3.6    2.9      2.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      12.6   -4.2     15.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      15.5   -1.3     17.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        43     -1       35       
  MONTH TO DATE  702                       595    107      669       
  SINCE DEC 1   1721                      1804    -83     2022       
  SINCE JUL 1   3038                      3062    -24     3225       
                                                                     
 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     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     53          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        58      2006                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -27      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 15 2015.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 PM CST   
JANUARY 16 2015.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   511 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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