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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
128 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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         69    457 PM  94    1956  71     -2       72
  MINIMUM         43    530 AM  32    1946  51     -8       50
  AVERAGE         56                        61     -5       61

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.27 2005   0.16  -0.16     0.95
  MONTH TO DATE    0.67                      1.86  -1.19     2.45
  SINCE MAR 1      3.67                      8.02  -4.35     7.86
  SINCE JAN 1      5.69                     10.30  -4.61    10.20

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      T                         7.0   -7.0      6.4
  SINCE JUL 1     29.1                      35.3   -6.2     48.3
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                         5      4        4
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        81    -48       58
  SINCE MAR 1   1003                      1289   -286     1401
  SINCE JUL 1   5841                      6120   -279     6708

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   32                        12     20       18
  SINCE MAR 1     39                        26     13       30
  SINCE JAN 1     39                        26     13       30
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76           500 AM
 LOWEST     26           500 PM
 AVERAGE    51

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        92      1956
                                             1915
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1997


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 13 2015...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   825 PM CDT
MAY 14 2015...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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