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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
105 AM CST MON FEB 6 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 5 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         37    344 PM  65    1946  33      4       32       
  MINIMUM         26    750 AM -18    1936  16     10       14       
                                      1883                          
  AVERAGE         32                        24      8       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.79 1911   0.04  -0.04     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.20  -0.20     0.40    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.62   0.53     6.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      1.20   0.54     1.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.0  2004   0.3   -0.3      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.6   -1.6      4.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      19.1  -12.8     15.9     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      22.0  -15.7     22.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        41     -8       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       205    -17      182       
  SINCE DEC 1   2490                      2727   -237     2334       
  SINCE JUL 1   3173                      3985   -812     3215       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        61      1882                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -13      1982                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  6 2017......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   537 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  7 2017......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   539 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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