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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
106 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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    1930  37    -21       51
  MINIMUM         -3    720 AM -11    1936  20    -23       27
  AVERAGE          7                        29    -22       39

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.09 1888   0.05  -0.05     0.04
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.81  -0.42     1.01
  SINCE DEC 1      2.77                      3.23  -0.46     2.32
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      1.81  -0.07     1.51

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             4.3  2010   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    8.0                       5.7    2.3     13.9
  SINCE DEC 1     21.6                      23.2   -1.6     35.0
  SINCE JUL 1     27.4                      26.1    1.3     36.4
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       58                        36     22       26
  MONTH TO DATE  868                       743    125      903
  SINCE DEC 1   3076                      3265   -189     3705
  SINCE JUL 1   4393                      4523   -130     4908

 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    72           800 AM
 LOWEST     41          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    57

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      1981
                                             1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -12      1929


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 20 2015......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   554 PM CST
FEBRUARY 21 2015......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   555 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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