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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1233 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2012


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...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM          9   1014 PM  MM      MM  29    -20       16
  MINIMUM          2   1248 AM  MM      MM  11     -9       -9
  AVERAGE          6                        20    -14        4

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            MM      MM   0.02  -0.02      T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.33  -0.33     0.16
  SINCE DEC 1      2.09                      1.35   0.74     0.19
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.33  -0.33     0.16

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       59                        45     14       61
  MONTH TO DATE  743                       909   -166     1015
  SINCE DEC 1   1812                      2209   -397     2414
  SINCE JUL 1   3133                      3663   -530     3667

 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           600 AM
 LOWEST     66           300 AM
 AVERAGE    76

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THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   11


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 21 2012.......SUNRISE   737 AM CST   SUNSET   515 PM CST
JANUARY 22 2012.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   516 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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