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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1234 AM CST TUE FEB 7 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 6 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         58    309 PM  61    1882  33     25       40       
  MINIMUM         27    345 AM -13    1982  16     11       28       
  AVERAGE         43                        25     18       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1881   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.24  -0.24     0.40    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.15                      2.66   0.49     6.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.74                      1.24   0.50     1.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.8  1921   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.9   -1.9      4.2     
  SINCE DEC 1      6.3                      19.4  -13.1     15.9     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.3                      22.3  -16.0     22.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       22                        40    -18       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  210                       245    -35      213       
  SINCE DEC 1   2512                      2767   -255     2365       
  SINCE JUL 1   3195                      4025   -830     3246       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     57           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        63      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -21      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  7 2017......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   539 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  8 2017......SUNRISE   718 AM CST   SUNSET   540 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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