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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1232 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016


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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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         46    511 PM  65    1930  39      7       20
  MINIMUM         32    740 AM -13    1889  22     10       -2
  AVERAGE         39                        30      9        9

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.87 2012   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      1.01   0.07     0.57
  SINCE DEC 1      7.20                      3.43   3.77     2.95
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      2.01  -0.25     1.92

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.6  1924   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       6.8    4.6      8.0
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      24.3   -1.2     21.6
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      27.2    2.8     27.4
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       26                        35     -9       56
  MONTH TO DATE  812                       884    -72     1059
  SINCE DEC 1   2964                      3406   -442     3267
  SINCE JUL 1   3845                      4664   -819     4584

 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    82           600 AM
 LOWEST     53           300 PM
 AVERAGE    68

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        78      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22       -11      1889


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 24 2016......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST
FEBRUARY 25 2016......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   600 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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