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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1241 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 19 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    537 PM  57    1914  31    -13       46
  MINIMUM          7    127 AM -26    1892  14     -7       26
  AVERAGE         13                        22     -9       36

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.50 1935   0.03   0.07      T
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      0.60  -0.02     0.44
  SINCE DEC 1      6.02                      2.02   4.00     1.47
  SINCE JAN 1      0.58                      0.60  -0.02     0.44

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        2.0           4.1  1938   0.2    1.8      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       5.0   -2.2      6.5
  SINCE DEC 1     10.6                      14.0   -3.4      8.4
  SINCE JUL 1     17.5                      16.9    0.6     14.2
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       52                        43      9       29
  MONTH TO DATE  841                       810     31      836
  SINCE DEC 1   1726                      2019   -293     1855
  SINCE JUL 1   2607                      3277   -670     3172

 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  SNOW
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           700 PM
 LOWEST     64          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        64      1895
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1985
                                             1883


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 20 2016.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   515 PM CST
JANUARY 21 2016.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   516 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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