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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 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         25    513 PM  68    1954  36    -11       36       
  MINIMUM         15    113 AM -14    1936  18     -3        5       
  AVERAGE         20                        27     -7       21      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          0.96 1992   0.04   0.08      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.58   0.16     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.86                      3.00   3.86     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.42                      1.58  -0.16     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        2.2           5.2  2003   0.3    1.9       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       4.4    6.9      7.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.0                      21.9    1.1     21.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      24.8    5.1     27.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       3                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        38      7       44       
  MONTH TO DATE  586                       558     28      604       
  SINCE DEC 1   2738                      3080   -342     2812       
  SINCE JUL 1   3619                      4338   -719     4129       
                                                                     
 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    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY SNOW                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           400 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        75      1921                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -17      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 15 2016......SUNRISE   710 AM CST   SUNSET   548 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 16 2016......SUNRISE   709 AM CST   SUNSET   549 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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