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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1228 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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         47    311 PM  63    2002  32     15        8       
  MINIMUM         29    750 AM -16    1902  14     15       -2       
  AVERAGE         38                        23     15        3      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1949   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.60                      0.86  -0.26     0.50    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.63                      2.28  -0.65     1.31    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.60                      0.86  -0.26     0.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           9.6  1949   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.5                       7.3   -0.8      7.5     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.4                      16.3   -7.9     21.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     14.2                      19.2   -5.0     22.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        42    -15       62       
  MONTH TO DATE 1063                      1148    -85     1262       
  SINCE DEC 1   2082                      2357   -275     2615       
  SINCE JUL 1   3399                      3615   -216     3818       
                                                                     
 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    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         

                                                                     
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    92           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        56      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -20      1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 28 2015.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   525 PM CST   
JANUARY 29 2015.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   526 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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