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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1248 AM CST THU FEB 4 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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         34    114 AM  60    1928  33      1       27       
  MINIMUM         14   1159 PM -26    1996  15     -1        6       
  AVERAGE         24                        24      0       17      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.09          0.55 1919   0.04   0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.39                      0.12   0.27     0.48    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.51                      2.54   3.97     2.86    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.07                      1.12  -0.05     1.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.6           5.2  1997   0.3    1.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.1                       1.0    3.1      6.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      18.5   -2.7     20.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.7                      21.4    1.3     25.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        41      0       48       
  MONTH TO DATE   99                       123    -24      150       
  SINCE DEC 1   2251                      2645   -394     2358       
  SINCE JUL 1   3132                      3903   -771     3675       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      2005                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -23      1883                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  4 2016......SUNRISE   724 AM CST   SUNSET   534 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  5 2016......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   535 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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