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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1227 AM CST FRI JAN 15 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14 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         48    320 PM  57    1914  31     17       28       
  MINIMUM         31   1248 AM -19    1888  14     17       18       
                                      1881                          
  AVERAGE         40                        22     18       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1960   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.46                      0.45   0.01     0.43    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.90                      1.87   4.03     1.46    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.46                      0.45   0.01     0.43    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.7  1930   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.4                       3.6   -3.2      6.5     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.2                      12.6   -4.4      8.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     15.1                      15.5   -0.4     14.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        43    -18       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  572                       595    -23      702       
  SINCE DEC 1   1457                      1804   -347     1721       
  SINCE JUL 1   2338                      3062   -724     3038       
                                                                     
 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    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         

                                                                     
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    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        58      2006                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -27      1888                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 15 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   509 PM CST   
JANUARY 16 2016.......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   510 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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