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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST WED FEB 1 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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         44    305 PM  65    1989  32     12       48       
  MINIMUM         36   1129 PM -21    1996  15     21       34       
  AVERAGE         40                        24     16       41      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.75 2015   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.00   0.74     0.68    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.42   0.73     6.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      1.00   0.74     0.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.0  2002   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.5                       8.5   -6.0      3.9     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      17.5  -11.2     11.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      20.4  -14.1     18.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        42    -17       24       
  MONTH TO DATE 1142                      1316   -174     1267       
  SINCE DEC 1   2302                      2522   -220     2152       
  SINCE JUL 1   2985                      3780   -795     3033       
                                                                     
 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    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        60      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1917                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  1 2017......SUNRISE   726 AM CST   SUNSET   531 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  2 2017......SUNRISE   725 AM CST   SUNSET   532 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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