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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1231 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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         41    505 PM  75    1921  36      5       14       
  MINIMUM         19   1236 AM -17    1905  19      0        5       
  AVERAGE         30                        27      3       10      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 2003   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.74                      0.62   0.12     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      6.86                      3.04   3.82     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.42                      1.62  -0.20     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.7  2003   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       4.6    6.7      7.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.0                      22.1    0.9     21.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      25.0    4.9     27.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       35                        38     -3       55       
  MONTH TO DATE  621                       596     25      659       
  SINCE DEC 1   2773                      3118   -345     2867       
  SINCE JUL 1   3654                      4376   -722     4184       
                                                                     
 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     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     70           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        66      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -19      1958                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 16 2016......SUNRISE   709 AM CST   SUNSET   549 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 17 2016......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   550 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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