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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1227 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 12 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    919 AM  70    1990  35    -14       16       
  MINIMUM          5   1159 PM -21    1905  18    -13        3       
  AVERAGE         13                        26    -13       10      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.74 1949   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.53                      0.50   0.03     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.65                      2.92   3.73     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.21                      1.50  -0.29     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             6.5  1894   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    7.9                       3.8    4.1      7.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.6                      21.3   -1.7     21.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     26.5                      24.2    2.3     27.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       52                        39     13       55       
  MONTH TO DATE  485                       482      3      521       
  SINCE DEC 1   2637                      3004   -367     2729       
  SINCE JUL 1   3518                      4262   -744     4046       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -26      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 13 2016......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   545 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 14 2016......SUNRISE   712 AM CST   SUNSET   546 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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