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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
100 AM CST FRI FEB 26 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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         36    107 PM  69    1995  40     -4       31       
  MINIMUM         30   1019 PM  -8    2010  22      8       11       
  AVERAGE         33                        31      2       21      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.07 1951   0.06  -0.06     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.08                      1.12  -0.04     0.65    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.20                      3.54   3.66     3.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      2.12  -0.36     2.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.5  1929   0.2   -0.2      1.4     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       7.2    4.2      9.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      24.7   -1.6     23.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      27.6    2.4     28.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        34     -2       44       
  MONTH TO DATE  873                       952    -79     1140       
  SINCE DEC 1   3025                      3474   -449     3348       
  SINCE JUL 1   3906                      4732   -826     4665       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        70      1896                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -14      1963                    
                                             1897                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2016......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   601 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 27 2016......SUNRISE   653 AM CST   SUNSET   602 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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