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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         55   1256 PM  64    1981  38     17       39       
                                      1930                          
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM -12    1929  21     17       16       
  AVERAGE         47                        29     18       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.67 2014   0.04  -0.04      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      0.85   0.23     0.57    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.20                      3.27   3.93     2.95    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      1.85  -0.09     1.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.8  1919   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       6.0    5.4      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      23.5   -0.4     21.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      26.4    3.6     27.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                        36    -18       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  734                       779    -45      905       
  SINCE DEC 1   2886                      3301   -415     3113       
  SINCE JUL 1   3767                      4559   -792     4430       
                                                                     
 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     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     39          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        67      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -9      1885                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2016......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   555 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 22 2016......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   556 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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