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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
1240 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 6 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         40   1159 PM  61    1882  33      7       39       
  MINIMUM         28    735 AM -13    1982  16     12       12       
  AVERAGE         34                        25      9       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1881   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.24   0.16     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.52                      2.66   3.86     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.08                      1.24  -0.16     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.8  1921   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.1                       1.9    2.2      7.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     15.8                      19.4   -3.6     21.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     22.7                      22.3    0.4     27.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        40     -9       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  213                       245    -32      305       
  SINCE DEC 1   2365                      2767   -402     2513       
  SINCE JUL 1   3246                      4025   -779     3830       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64          1000 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        63      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -21      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  7 2016......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   538 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  8 2016......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   539 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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