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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1249 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3 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         31    401 PM  60    1928  33     -2       34       
  MINIMUM         17    818 AM -26    1996  15      2       14       
  AVERAGE         24                        24      0       24      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.55 1919   0.04  -0.04     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.12  -0.12     0.39    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.54   0.61     6.51    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      1.12   0.62     1.07    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.2  1997   0.3   -0.3      1.6     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.0   -1.0      4.1     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      18.5  -12.2     15.8     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      21.4  -15.1     22.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       41                        41      0       41       
  MONTH TO DATE  121                       123     -2       99       
  SINCE DEC 1   2423                      2645   -222     2251       
  SINCE JUL 1   3106                      3903   -797     3132       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      2005                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -23      1883                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  4 2017......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   535 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  5 2017......SUNRISE   722 AM CST   SUNSET   536 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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