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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST MON FEB 9 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 8 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         42   1210 PM  60    1999  34      8       23       
                                      1954                          
  MINIMUM         34    537 PM -21    1899  17     17       11       
  AVERAGE         38                        25     13       17      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.81 1918   0.04  -0.04     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.32   0.06     0.51    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.76                      2.74   0.02     1.82    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      1.32   0.41     1.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           8.3  1901   0.3   -0.3      1.7     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.8                       2.6    5.2      8.6     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.4                      20.1    1.3     29.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     27.2                      23.0    4.2     31.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        40    -13       48       
  MONTH TO DATE  360                       325     35      431       
  SINCE DEC 1   2568                      2847   -279     3233       
  SINCE JUL 1   3885                      4105   -220     4436       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     62          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        61      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -23      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  9 2015......SUNRISE   718 AM CST   SUNSET   540 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 10 2015......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   542 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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