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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA               
108 AM CST THU FEB 18 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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         38    410 PM  68    2011  37      1       24       
                                      1981                          
  MINIMUM         30    705 AM -20    1958  19     11       12       
  AVERAGE         34                        28      6       18      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.93 1961   0.04  -0.04     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      0.71   0.38     0.57    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.21                      3.13   4.08     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.77                      1.71   0.06     1.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             5.7  2008   0.3   -0.3      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       5.2    6.1      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.0                      22.7    0.3     21.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      25.6    4.3     27.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        37     -6       47       
  MONTH TO DATE  682                       670     12      751       
  SINCE DEC 1   2834                      3192   -358     2959       
  SINCE JUL 1   3715                      4450   -735     4276       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        68      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20       -13      1903                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2016......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   551 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 19 2016......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   553 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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