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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1237 AM CST MON FEB 27 2017

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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         48    158 PM  70    1896  40      8       49       
  MINIMUM         29    718 AM -14    1963  23      6       30       
                                      1897                          
  AVERAGE         39                        32      7       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1912   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.76                      1.17  -0.41     1.09    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.91                      3.59   0.32     7.21    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.50                      2.17   0.33     1.77    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          12.2  1912   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    4.4                       7.5   -3.1     11.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     10.7                      25.0  -14.3     23.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     10.7                      27.9  -17.2     30.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        33     -7       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  678                       985   -307      898       
  SINCE DEC 1   2980                      3507   -527     3050       
  SINCE JUL 1   3663                      4765  -1102     3931       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0 
  SINCE DEC 1      0                  DSMCLIDSY 000 TTAA00 KDMX 
270630       0      0        0         SINCE JAN 1      0 
  0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        71      2016                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23       -11      1962                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 27 2017......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   603 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 28 2017......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   604 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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