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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST SAT JAN 28 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27 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         32    732 PM  63    2002  32      0       41       
  MINIMUM         18    827 AM -16    1902  14      4       21       
  AVERAGE         25                        23      2       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.24 1949   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      0.86   0.88     0.68    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.28   0.87     6.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      0.86   0.88     0.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             9.6  1949   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.5                       7.3   -4.8      3.9     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      16.3   RRRR     11.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      19.2  -12.9     18.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        42     -2       34       
  MONTH TO DATE 1025                      1148   -123     1157       
  SINCE DEC 1   2185                      2357   -172     2042       
  SINCE JUL 1   2868                      3615   -747     2923       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        56      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -20      1885                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 28 2017.......SUNRISE   730 AM CST   SUNSET   526 PM CST   
JANUARY 29 2017.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   527 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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