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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1243 AM CST WED FEB 4 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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         27    529 PM  60    1928  33     -6       30
  MINIMUM          6    538 AM -26    1996  15     -9        3
  AVERAGE         17                        24     -7       17

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.55 1919   0.04  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.30                      0.12   0.18     0.10
  SINCE DEC 1      2.68                      2.54   0.14     1.41
  SINCE JAN 1      1.65                      1.12   0.53     0.60

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.2  1997   0.3   -0.3       T
  MONTH TO DATE    6.4                       1.0    5.4      1.3
  SINCE DEC 1     20.0                      18.5    1.5     22.4
  SINCE JUL 1     25.8                      21.4    4.4     23.8
  SNOW DEPTH       9

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       48                        41      7       48
  MONTH TO DATE  150                       123     27      148
  SINCE DEC 1   2358                      2645   -287     2950
  SINCE JUL 1   3675                      3903   -228     4153

 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 (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           900 AM
 LOWEST     71           100 PM
 AVERAGE    78

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      2005
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -23      1883


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY  4 2015......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   534 PM CST
FEBRUARY  5 2015......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   535 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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