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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
223 AM CST THU JAN 28 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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         41    410 PM  63    2002  32      9       47
  MINIMUM         21    753 AM -16    1902  14      7       29
  AVERAGE         31                        23      8       38

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1949   0.04  -0.04     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.68                      0.86  -0.18     0.60
  SINCE DEC 1      6.12                      2.28   3.84     1.63
  SINCE JAN 1      0.68                      0.86  -0.18     0.60

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           9.6  1949   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    4.0                       7.3   -3.3      6.5
  SINCE DEC 1     11.8                      16.3   -4.5      8.4
  SINCE JUL 1     18.7                      19.2   -0.5     14.2
  SNOW DEPTH       1

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       34                        42     -8       27
  MONTH TO DATE 1157                      1148      9     1063
  SINCE DEC 1   2042                      2357   -315     2082
  SINCE JUL 1   2923                      3615   -692     3399

 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    84           700 AM
 LOWEST     54           100 PM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        56      1931
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -20      1885


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 28 2016.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   525 PM CST
JANUARY 29 2016.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   526 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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