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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1234 AM CST WED FEB 17 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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         37    209 PM  66    1981  36      1       27       
  MINIMUM         32   1159 PM -19    1958  19     13       12       
  AVERAGE         35                        28      7       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.35          0.66 1932   0.05   0.30      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      0.67   0.42     0.56    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.21                      3.09   4.12     2.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.77                      1.67   0.10     1.91    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1975   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       4.9    6.4      7.9     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.0                      22.4    0.6     21.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      25.3    4.6     27.3     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        37     -7       45       
  MONTH TO DATE  651                       633     18      704       
  SINCE DEC 1   2803                      3155   -352     2912       
  SINCE JUL 1   3684                      4413   -729     4229       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1000 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        68      2011                    
                                             1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -20      1958                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2016......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   550 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 18 2016......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   551 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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