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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1242 AM CST MON JAN 9 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2017

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         25   1028 PM  67    2003  31     -6       37       
  MINIMUM          2    522 AM -17    1886  14    -12       25       
  AVERAGE         14                        22     -8       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.32 1937   0.03  -0.03     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.26  -0.25     0.44    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.42                      1.68  -0.26     5.88    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.26  -0.25     0.44    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.5  1964   0.2   -0.2      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       2.0   -1.9      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1      3.9                      11.0   -7.1      7.9     
  SINCE JUL 1      3.9                      13.9  -10.0     14.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        43      8       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  377                       337     40      299       
  SINCE DEC 1   1537                      1546     -9     1184       
  SINCE JUL 1   2220                      2804   -584     2065       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      2002                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -24      1886                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  9 2017.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   503 PM CST   
JANUARY 10 2017.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   504 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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