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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1257 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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         40   1203 PM  65    1989  32      8       20       
  MINIMUM         27    235 AM -21    1996  15     12        9       
  AVERAGE         34                        24     10       15      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.75R         0.47 1915   0.04   0.71      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.35                      1.00   0.35     0.50    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.38                      2.42  -0.04     1.31    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.35                      1.00   0.35     0.50    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        5.2           6.0  2002   0.3    4.9       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.7                       8.5    3.2      7.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.6                      17.5   -3.9     21.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     19.4                      20.4   -1.0     22.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        42    -11       50       
  MONTH TO DATE 1189                      1316   -127     1449       
  SINCE DEC 1   2208                      2522   -314     2802       
  SINCE JUL 1   3525                      3780   -255     4005       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     63          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        60      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1917                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  1 2015......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   530 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  2 2015......SUNRISE   725 AM CST   SUNSET   532 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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