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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
104 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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         60    438 PM  70    1930  37     23       16       
  MINIMUM         45    907 PM -11    1936  20     25       -3       
  AVERAGE         53                        29     24        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.09 1888   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      0.81   0.28     0.57    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.21                      3.23   3.98     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.77                      1.81  -0.04     1.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.3  2010   0.2   -0.2       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       5.7    5.6      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.0                      23.2   -0.2     21.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     29.9                      26.1    3.8     27.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        36    -24       58       
  MONTH TO DATE  716                       743    -27      868       
  SINCE DEC 1   2868                      3265   -397     3076       
  SINCE JUL 1   3749                      4523   -774     4393       
                                                                     
 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    43   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    59   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        64      1981                    
                                             1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21       -12      1929                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 20 2016......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   554 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 21 2016......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   555 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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