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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1240 AM CST THU FEB 23 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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         73R  1150 AM  68    1982  39     34       44       
  MINIMUM         47    721 AM -10    1889  21     26       31       
  AVERAGE         60                        30     30       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.20 1971   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.45                      0.96  -0.51     1.09    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.60                      3.38   0.22     7.21    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.19                      1.96   0.23     1.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.8  1994   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.6                       6.5   -3.9     11.4     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.9                      24.0  -15.1     23.1     
  SINCE JUL 1      8.9                      26.9  -18.0     30.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                        35    -30       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  558                       849   -291      786       
  SINCE DEC 1   2860                      3371   -511     2938       
  SINCE JUL 1   3543                      4629  -1086     3819       
                                                                     
 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     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    71          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     25          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    48                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        65      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22       -13      1889                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 23 2017......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   558 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 24 2017......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   600 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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