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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1258 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 13 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         37    518 PM  65    1921  35      2       46
  MINIMUM         15    736 AM -26    1905  18     -3       19
  AVERAGE         26                        27     -1       33

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.05 1919   0.04  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.54  -0.16     0.54
  SINCE DEC 1      2.76                      2.96  -0.20     1.85
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      1.54   0.19     1.04

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             8.7  1978   0.3   -0.3       T
  MONTH TO DATE    7.9                       4.1    3.8      8.9
  SINCE DEC 1     21.5                      21.6   -0.1     30.0
  SINCE JUL 1     27.3                      24.5    2.8     31.4
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       39                        38      1       32
  MONTH TO DATE  560                       520     40      690
  SINCE DEC 1   2768                      3042   -274     3492
  SINCE JUL 1   4085                      4300   -215     4695

 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           600 AM
 LOWEST     51           200 PM
 AVERAGE    66

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        68      1954
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -14      1936


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 14 2015......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST
FEBRUARY 15 2015......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   548 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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