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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
107 AM CST SUN JAN 17 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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         18   1258 PM  59    1990  31    -13       57
  MINIMUM          6   1159 PM -20    1888  14     -8       24
  AVERAGE         12                        22    -10       41

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.04 1980   0.03  -0.01     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.48                      0.51  -0.03     0.43
  SINCE DEC 1      5.92                      1.93   3.99     1.46
  SINCE JAN 1      0.48                      0.51  -0.03     0.43

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.4           3.9  1885   0.3    0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.8                       4.2   -3.4      6.5
  SINCE DEC 1      8.6                      13.2   -4.6      8.4
  SINCE JUL 1     15.5                      16.1   -0.6     14.2
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       53                        43     10       24
  MONTH TO DATE  665                       681    -16      760
  SINCE DEC 1   1550                      1890   -340     1779
  SINCE JUL 1   2431                      3148   -717     3096

 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76          1000 PM
 LOWEST     53          1000 AM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      1989
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -19      1930


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 17 2016.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   511 PM CST
JANUARY 18 2016.......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   513 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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