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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 
1226 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 19 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         40    227 PM  57    1914  31      9       18       
  MINIMUM         32    753 AM -26    1892  14     18        7       
  AVERAGE         36                        22     14       13      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          0.50 1935   0.03   0.01     0.10    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      0.60   0.71     0.58    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.72                      2.02   0.70     6.02    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.31                      0.60   0.71     0.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.1  1938   0.2   -0.2      2.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       5.0   -4.9      2.7     
  SINCE DEC 1      3.9                      14.0  -10.1     10.5     
  SINCE JUL 1      3.9                      16.9  -13.0     17.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        43    -14       52       
  MONTH TO DATE  769                       810    -41      841       
  SINCE DEC 1   1929                      2019    -90     1726       
  SINCE JUL 1   2612                      3277   -665     2607       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     92           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    96                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        64      1895                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1985                    
                                             1883                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 20 2017.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   516 PM CST   
JANUARY 21 2017.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   517 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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