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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
1241 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 12 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         16   1159 PM  70    1990  35    -19       29       
  MINIMUM          3    758 AM -21    1905  18    -15       12       
  AVERAGE         10                        26    -16       21      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.74 1949   0.05  -0.05     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.50  -0.12     0.54    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.76                      2.92  -0.16     1.85    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      1.50   0.23     1.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.5  1894   0.3   -0.3      0.3     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.9                       3.8    4.1      8.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     21.5                      21.3    0.2     30.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     27.3                      24.2    3.1     31.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       55                        39     16       44       
  MONTH TO DATE  521                       482     39      658       
  SINCE DEC 1   2729                      3004   -275     3460       
  SINCE JUL 1   4046                      4262   -216     4663       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    68           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -26      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 13 2015......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   545 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 14 2015......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   547 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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