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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1257 AM CST THU JAN 14 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 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         40    416 PM  62    1987  31      9       20       
  MINIMUM          9   1232 AM -20    1916  14     -5       -6       
  AVERAGE         25                        22      3        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.49 1979   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.46                      0.41   0.05     0.43    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.90                      1.83   4.07     1.46    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.46                      0.41   0.05     0.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             5.9  1979   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.4                       3.4   -3.0      6.5     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.2                      12.4   -4.2      8.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.1                      15.3   -0.2     14.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        43     -3       58       
  MONTH TO DATE  547                       552     -5      660       
  SINCE DEC 1   1432                      1761   -329     1679       
  SINCE JUL 1   2313                      3019   -706     2996       
                                                                     
 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     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      1914                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1888                    
                                             1881                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 14 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
JANUARY 15 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 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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