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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1231 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 21 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         28    350 PM  58    1992  31     -3       37       
  MINIMUM         16    822 AM -26    1883  14      2       29       
  AVERAGE         22                        22      0       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1973   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      0.66  -0.08     0.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.02                      2.08   3.94     1.47    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.58                      0.66  -0.08     0.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.0  1973   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       5.6   -2.8      6.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     10.6                      14.6   -4.0      8.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.5                      17.5    0.0     14.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        43      0       32       
  MONTH TO DATE  933                       896     37      893       
  SINCE DEC 1   1818                      2105   -287     1912       
  SINCE JUL 1   2699                      3363   -664     3229       
                                                                     
 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     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -23      1883                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 22 2016.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   517 PM CST   
JANUARY 23 2016.......SUNRISE   734 AM CST   SUNSET   519 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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