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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
111 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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         14    448 PM  75    1921  36    -22       36
  MINIMUM          5    629 AM -17    1905  19    -14        6
  AVERAGE         10                        27    -17       21

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 2003   0.04  -0.04     0.15
  MONTH TO DATE    0.38                      0.62  -0.24     0.78
  SINCE DEC 1      2.76                      3.04  -0.28     2.09
  SINCE JAN 1      1.73                      1.62   0.11     1.28

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.7  2003   0.2   -0.2      1.3
  MONTH TO DATE    7.9                       4.6    3.3     11.6
  SINCE DEC 1     21.5                      22.1   -0.6     32.7
  SINCE JUL 1     27.3                      25.0    2.3     34.1
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       55                        38     17       44
  MONTH TO DATE  659                       596     63      785
  SINCE DEC 1   2867                      3118   -251     3587
  SINCE JUL 1   4184                      4376   -192     4790

 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    NE (60)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    60           600 AM
 LOWEST     49          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    55

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        66      1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -19      1958


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 16 2015......SUNRISE   709 AM CST   SUNSET   549 PM CST
FEBRUARY 17 2015......SUNRISE   707 AM CST   SUNSET   550 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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