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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1248 AM CST THU FEB 25 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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         40   1247 PM  78    1930  40      0       40
  MINIMUM         32   1159 PM -11    1889  22     10       15
  AVERAGE         36                        31      5       28

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.58 2007   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      1.06   0.02     0.57
  SINCE DEC 1      7.20                      3.48   3.72     2.95
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      2.06  -0.30     1.92

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             5.1  1975   0.2   -0.2      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       7.0    4.4      8.0
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      24.5   -1.4     21.6
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      27.4    2.6     27.4
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       29                        34     -5       37
  MONTH TO DATE  841                       918    -77     1096
  SINCE DEC 1   2993                      3440   -447     3304
  SINCE JUL 1   3874                      4698   -824     4621

 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           100 AM
 LOWEST     59           100 PM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        69      1995
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22        -8      2010


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 25 2016......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   600 PM CST
FEBRUARY 26 2016......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   601 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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