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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1251 AM CST WED FEB 10 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 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         19    440 PM  61    1976  34    -15       34       
  MINIMUM         10    847 AM -23    1899  17     -7       30       
  AVERAGE         15                        25    -10       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.70 2001   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      0.37   0.03     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.52                      2.79   3.73     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.08                      1.37  -0.29     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.1           6.3  1960   0.3   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    5.4                       2.9    2.5      7.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     17.1                      20.4   -3.3     21.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     24.0                      23.3    0.7     27.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       50                        40     10       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  334                       365    -31      393       
  SINCE DEC 1   2486                      2887   -401     2601       
  SINCE JUL 1   3367                      4145   -778     3918       
                                                                     
 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        66      1999                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -20      1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 10 2016......SUNRISE   717 AM CST   SUNSET   541 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 11 2016......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   543 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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