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CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                       
1227 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 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         21    518 PM  65    1882  35    -14       39       
  MINIMUM          7    751 AM -24    1899  17    -10       12       
  AVERAGE         14                        26    -12       26      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.06          0.37 1965   0.04   0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.53                      0.45   0.08     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.65                      2.87   3.78     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.21                      1.45  -0.24     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.5           6.1  1905   0.3    1.2      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE    7.9                       3.5    4.4      7.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.6                      21.0   -1.4     21.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     26.5                      23.9    2.6     27.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        39     12       39       
  MONTH TO DATE  433                       443    -10      466       
  SINCE DEC 1   2585                      2965   -380     2674       
  SINCE JUL 1   3466                      4223   -757     3991       
                                                                     
 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    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     43           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        70      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -21      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 12 2016......SUNRISE   714 AM CST   SUNSET   544 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 13 2016......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   545 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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