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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 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         33   1159 PM  56    1931  32      1       40       
  MINIMUM         25    810 AM -20    1885  15     10       25       
  AVERAGE         29                        23      6       33      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.82 1989   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      0.89   0.85     0.68    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.31   0.84     6.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      0.89   0.85     0.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T             1.8  1918   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.5                       7.6   -5.1      3.9     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      16.6  -10.3     11.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      19.5  -13.2     18.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       1                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       36                        42     -6       32       
  MONTH TO DATE 1061                      1190   -129     1189       
  SINCE DEC 1   2221                      2399   -178     2074       
  SINCE JUL 1   2904                      3657   -753     2955       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        62      1919                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -23      1966                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 29 2017.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   527 PM CST   
JANUARY 30 2017.......SUNRISE   728 AM CST   SUNSET   528 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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