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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1239 AM CST THU JAN 7 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2016


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         35    210 PM  54    2012  31      4       14
                                      1961
                                      1933
  MINIMUM         27    204 AM -19    1912  15     12       -3
  AVERAGE         31                        23      8        6

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.07          0.38 1995   0.03   0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.07                      0.20  -0.13     0.42
  SINCE DEC 1      5.51                      1.62   3.89     1.45
  SINCE JAN 1      0.07                      0.20  -0.13     0.42

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.1           5.7  1995   0.2   -0.1      0.2
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       1.5   -1.4      6.2
  SINCE DEC 1      7.9                      10.5   -2.6      8.1
  SINCE JUL 1     14.8                      13.4    1.4     13.9
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       34                        42     -8       59
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       252    -16      285
  SINCE DEC 1   1121                      1461   -340     1304
  SINCE JUL 1   2002                      2719   -717     2621

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  SLEET
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89          1100 PM
 LOWEST     64          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    77

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      2003
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -25      1912


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  7 2016.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   501 PM CST
JANUARY  8 2016.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   502 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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