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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 22 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         26    211 PM  59    2002  31     -5       32       
  MINIMUM         21   1159 PM -23    1883  14      7       24       
  AVERAGE         24                        22      2       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.56 1982   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      0.69  -0.11     0.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.02                      2.11   3.91     1.47    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.58                      0.69  -0.11     0.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             3.8  1973   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       5.9   -3.1      6.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     10.6                      14.9   -4.3      8.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.5                      17.8   -0.3     14.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        42     -1       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  974                       938     36      930       
  SINCE DEC 1   1859                      2147   -288     1949       
  SINCE JUL 1   2740                      3405   -665     3266       
                                                                     
 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    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        59      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -22      1963                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 23 2016.......SUNRISE   734 AM CST   SUNSET   519 PM CST   
JANUARY 24 2016.......SUNRISE   734 AM CST   SUNSET   520 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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