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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
1254 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 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         50    215 PM  64    1895  31     19       47       
  MINIMUM         30    608 AM -20    1985  14     16        8       
                                      1883                          
  AVERAGE         40                        22     18       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.97 1904   0.03  -0.03     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.44                      0.63  -0.19     0.49    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.47                      2.05  -0.58     1.30    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.44                      0.63  -0.19     0.49    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             4.8  1953   0.3   -0.3      1.6     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       5.3    1.2      7.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      14.3   -5.9     20.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      17.2   -3.0     22.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        43    -18       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  861                       853      8      906       
  SINCE DEC 1   1880                      2062   -182     2259       
  SINCE JUL 1   3197                      3320   -123     3462       
                                                                     
 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        58      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -26      1883                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 21 2015.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   517 PM CST   
JANUARY 22 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   518 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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