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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
1245 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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         57    338 PM  59    1990  31     26       41       
  MINIMUM         24    655 AM -20    1888  14     10       10       
  AVERAGE         41                        22     19       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.04 1980   0.03  -0.03     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      0.51  -0.08     0.37    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.46                      1.93  -0.47     1.18    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.43                      0.51  -0.08     0.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.9  1885   0.3   -0.3      3.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       4.2    2.3      5.5     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      13.2   -4.8     19.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      16.1   -1.9     20.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        43    -19       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  760                       681     79      749       
  SINCE DEC 1   1779                      1890   -111     2102       
  SINCE JUL 1   3096                      3148    -52     3305       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      1989                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1930                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 17 2015.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   512 PM CST   
JANUARY 18 2015.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   513 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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