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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
1245 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 5 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         32    424 PM  65    1946  33     -1       19       
  MINIMUM         14    736 AM -18    1936  16     -2      -10       
                                      1883                          
  AVERAGE         23                        24     -1        5      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.79 1911   0.04  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.20   0.20     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.52                      2.62   3.90     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.08                      1.20  -0.12     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             7.0  2004   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    4.1                       1.6    2.5      7.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      19.1   -3.3     21.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.7                      22.0    0.7     27.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       42                        41      1       60       
  MONTH TO DATE  182                       205    -23      266       
  SINCE DEC 1   2334                      2727   -393     2474       
  SINCE JUL 1   3215                      3985   -770     3791       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -13      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  6 2016......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   536 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  7 2016......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   538 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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