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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST SAT FEB 7 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 6 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         39    509 PM  61    1882  33      6       10       
  MINIMUM         12   1224 AM -13    1982  16     -4       -9       
  AVERAGE         26                        25      1        1      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1881   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.24   0.14     0.45    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.76                      2.66   0.10     1.76    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      1.24   0.49     0.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.8  1921   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.8                       1.9    5.9      6.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.4                      19.4    2.0     28.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     27.2                      22.3    4.9     29.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       9                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        40     -1       64       
  MONTH TO DATE  305                       245     60      324       
  SINCE DEC 1   2513                      2767   -254     3126       
  SINCE JUL 1   3830                      4025   -195     4329       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        63      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -21      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  7 2015......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   538 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  8 2015......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   539 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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