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Climodat

Climatological Products

The Climodat Interface has many of the long term climate values you are probably looking for.
Check out the Iowa State Climatologist's page for more info.

Near-term products:

Variable	Today	Yesterday	Week
Temperature	7AM Low Temps[COOP] 12Z Morning Low[ASOS/AWOS] Today's High Temperature @ 0Z 12Z AWOS RTP First Guess Average Hi/Low Temp Record Hi/Low Temp Daily Temperature Extremes	High Temps[COOP] 12Z AWOS RTP First Guess High/Low Temp[ASOS/AWOS/RWIS] Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Des Moines Tabular High/Low/Prec[ASOS/AWOS] Average Hi/Low Temp Record Hi/Low Temp	Avg High Avg Low
Precipitation	Hourly Precip Accumulator Precip Accum Ending 12Z Precip Accum 7AM Precip 24HR Accum[COOP] 12Z AWOS RTP First Guess Precip Accum Ending 00Z Radar-estimate of storm total precip through 6 PM (CST) Radar-estimate of storm total precip through 6 AM (CST) Radar-estimate of storm total precip through NOON (CST)	Hourly Precip Accumulator Precip Accumulation Tabular High/Low/Prec[ASOS/AWOS] Radar-estimate of storm total precip through MIDNIGHT (CST)	Hourly Precip Accumulator Precip Accumulation
Snowfall	7AM 24HR snowfall[COOP] 7AM snowfall depth[COOP]
Wind	Peak Wind Gust	Peak Wind Gust
Growing Degree Days
Stress Degree Days
Soil Temperatures		Yesterday's 4-inch County estimate 4-inch

Long-term products:

Variable	Month	Season	Year
Temperature			Minimum temp this fall/winter Plot or Contour Annual Average Temperatures Yearly Departures from Average Tabular High/Low/Prec[ASOS/AWOS]
Precipitation	Precip Accum[ASOS/AWOS] Precip Accum[COOP] Tabular High/Low/Prec[ASOS/AWOS] Tabular Precip/Snow[ASOS/AWOS] Plots of Monthly Rainfall	Past 4 Months: Estimated accumulation Climatology Departure from normal	Departure from normal Stage4 estimates Normal accumulation Month by Month
Snowfall	Snowfall this month[COOP]
Winds	Wind Roses		Wind Roses
Growing Degree Days (base 50)	October Accumulated Growing Degree Days (base=50)	All Stations: Plot or Contour ASOS / AWOS \| RWIS School Net Seasonal (since May 1) Accumulated Growing Degree Days-(base=50) Normal Accumulation Departure from Normal Growing Season Rainfall/GDD vs Climatology	Seasonal (before May 1) Accumulated Growing Degree Days-(base=50)
Stress Degree Days	October Accumulated Stress Degree Days-(base=86)	Stress Degree Days [SDD] (base 86) All Stations: Plot or Contour ASOS / AWOS \| RWIS School Net Seasonal Accumulated Stress Degree Days-(base=86)

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