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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1233 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 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         55    229 PM  65    1882  35     20       21       
  MINIMUM         33    312 AM -24    1899  17     16        7       
  AVERAGE         44                        26     18       14      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.37 1965   0.04  -0.04     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.45  -0.25     0.53    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.35                      2.87   0.48     6.65    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.94                      1.45   0.49     1.21    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.1  1905   0.3   -0.3      1.5     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.6                       3.5   -0.9      8.0     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.9                      21.0  -12.1     19.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      8.9                      23.9  -15.0     26.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        39    -18       51       
  MONTH TO DATE  381                       443    -62      433       
  SINCE DEC 1   2683                      2965   -282     2585       
  SINCE JUL 1   3366                      4223   -857     3466       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        70      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -21      1905                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 12 2017......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   545 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 13 2017......SUNRISE   712 AM CST   SUNSET   546 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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