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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1234 AM CST THU FEB 11 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10 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         20    526 PM  66    1999  34    -14       37       
  MINIMUM         14    131 AM -20    1885  17     -3       24       
  AVERAGE         17                        26     -9       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.07          0.52 1981   0.04   0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.47                      0.41   0.06     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.59                      2.83   3.76     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.15                      1.41  -0.26     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.9           5.6  1981   0.3    1.6      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    6.4                       3.2    3.2      7.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     18.1                      20.7   -2.6     21.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     25.0                      23.6    1.4     27.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       48                        39      9       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  382                       404    -22      427       
  SINCE DEC 1   2534                      2926   -392     2635       
  SINCE JUL 1   3415                      4184   -769     3952       
                                                                     
 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61           300 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -24      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 11 2016......SUNRISE   716 AM CST   SUNSET   543 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 12 2016......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   544 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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