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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
107 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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         71R   429 PM  68    1981  41     30       15       
  MINIMUM         30    445 AM -11    1962  23      7       -7       
  AVERAGE         51                        32     19        4      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.76 1948   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      1.23  -0.14     0.65    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.21                      3.65   3.56     3.03    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.77                      2.23  -0.46     2.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.1  1886   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.4                       7.7    3.7      9.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     23.1                      25.2   -2.1     23.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     30.0                      28.1    1.9     28.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        33    -19       61       
  MONTH TO DATE  912                      1018   -106     1261       
  SINCE DEC 1   3064                      3540   -476     3469       
  SINCE JUL 1   3945                      4798   -853     4786       
                                                                     
 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    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     17           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        69      1932                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24       -16      1962                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 28 2016......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   603 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 29 2016......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   605 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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