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CSUS2 KDSM 180658
CLIDSM

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA FOR DES MOINES IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1257 AM CST WED FEB 18 1998

...TEMPERATURE...

HIGH YESTERDAY.......... 43 AT 1114 CST
LOW YESTERDAY........... 36 AT 2353 CST
AVERAGE YESTERDAY....... 40
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 15

NORMAL HIGH TODAY... 35
NORMAL LOW TODAY.... 16

HIGH ONE YEAR AGO TODAY... 59
LOW ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.... 36

RECORD HIGH TODAY... 68 SET IN 1981
RECORD LOW  TODAY...-13 SET IN 1903

...DEGREE DAY DATA...

HEATING DEGREE DAYS
YESTERDAY........   25   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...  -15
MONTHLY TOTAL....  535   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -182
SEASONAL TOTAL... 4236   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -388

COOLING DEGREE DAYS
YESTERDAY........    0   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...    0
MONTHLY TOTAL....    0   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...    0
SEASONAL TOTAL...    0   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...    0

...PRECIPITATION...

TOTAL YESTERDAY.... 0.12
TOTAL THIS MONTH... 1.14   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.54
TOTAL THIS YEAR.... 2.13   DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.57

SNOWFALL YESTERDAY...  0.0
TOTAL THIS MONTH.....  2.6
TOTAL THIS SEASON.... 32.8
SNOWDEPTH............  0.0

...WIND DATA...

AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 9.2 MPH
FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY...  15 MPH FROM  20 DEGREES
PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY.......  20 MPH FROM  10 DEGREES

...ASTRONOMICAL DATA...

SUNRISE TODAY....... 706 AM    MOONRISE TODAY...... 1142 PM
SUNSET TODAY........ 552 PM    MOONSET TODAY....... 1155 AM
SUNRISE TOMORROW.... 704 AM    MOONRISE TOMORROW... 1238 AM
SUNSET TOMORROW..... 553 PM    MOONSET TOMORROW.... 1232 PM

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