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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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         49   1203 AM  65    1930  39     10       46       
  MINIMUM         39    719 AM -13    1889  22     17       32       
  AVERAGE         44                        30     14       39      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.10          0.87 2012   0.05   0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.55                      1.01  -0.46     1.09    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.70                      3.43   0.27     7.21    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.29                      2.01   0.28     1.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.6  1924   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.6                       6.8   -4.2     11.4     
  SINCE DEC 1      8.9                      24.3  -15.4     23.1     
  SINCE JUL 1      8.9                      27.2  -18.3     30.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        35    -14       26       
  MONTH TO DATE  579                       884   -305      812       
  SINCE DEC 1   2881                      3406   -525     2964       
  SINCE JUL 1   3564                      4664  -1100     3845       
                                                                     
 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     71           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        78      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22       -11      1889                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2017......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   600 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 25 2017......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   601 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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