National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KMCW December, 2012
Date	Observed Low (F)	Observed High (F)	Normal Low (F)	Normal High (F)	Record Low (F)	Year	Record High (F)	Year	Observed Precipitation (inches)	Record Precipitation (inches)	Observed Snow Fall (inches)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	32	51	16	33	-3	1919	67	1998	0	1.35 2007	0	9.6 1985
2	27	59	16	33	-16	1919	64	1998	0	0.40 1990	0	4.0 1990
3	34	63	15	32	-16	1940	63	2012	0	0.71 1953	0	4.3 1990
4	16	46	15	32	-9	1991	58	2001	0	0.77 1947	0	15.0 1927
5	15	40	14	31	-7	2005	62	2001	0	1.38 1982	0	4.0 1917
6	34	46	14	31	-15	1976	62	1939	0.08	0.65 1969	0	7.0 1969
7	27	35	14	30	-18	1972	53	1916	0	0.90 1926	0	6.0 1926
8	19	36	13	30	-16	1958	65	1946	Trace	0.44 1987	Trace	5.0 2009
9	19	33	13	30	-19	1958	63	1939	0.14	0.64 1918	1.4	10.0 1924
10	8	19	13	29	-23	1919	59	1979	Trace	1.20 1911	Trace	11.0 1970
11	11	33	12	29	-17	1934	57	1946	Trace	1.56 1965	Trace	15.0 1909
12	16	48	12	29	-16	2000	58	1968	0	1.12 1991	0	5.0 1909
13	20	46	12	28	-22	1917	56	1998	0	0.49 1928	0	5.5 1937
14	18	50	11	28	-17	1926	55	1998	0	0.90 1975	0	8.0 1907
15	33	44	11	28	-20	1922	53	1939	0.80	0.80 2012	0	5.0 1940
16	19	33	11	27	-21	1932	61	1939	Trace	0.50 1908	Trace	5.0 1940
17	19	28	10	27	-18	1983	57	1939	Trace	0.50 1977	Trace	7.0 1921
18	25	32	10	27	-26	1983	61	1923	0.04	1.00 1930	0.7	5.2 1968
19	29	34	10	27	-26	1983	48	1979	0.07	0.63 2008	0.8	8.2 2008
20	8	30	10	26	-25	1983	50	1918	0.27	0.45 2006	5.5	5.5 2012
21	3	17	10	26	-23	1989	55	1941	0	0.90 1920	0	8.0 1920
22	4	29	9	26	-22	1989	55	1941	0	0.35 1938	0	4.5 1935
23	9	20	9	26	-25	1990	50	1936	0	0.30 1926	0	3.0 1926
24	0	18	9	26	-24	1983	44	1940	Trace	0.67 1932	0.2	15.0 1926
25	-4	8	9	25	-21	2000	52	1936	0	0.50 2009	0	4.0 1933
26	-3	18	9	25	-26	1950	55	1936	0	0.90 1911	0	9.0 1911
27	-2	22	9	25	-26	1950	52	1959	0.05	1.60 1982	0.9	10.0 1904
28	17	24	8	25	-21	1993	56	1984	0.07	0.72 1966	1.1	7.0 1966
29	2	17	8	25	-21	1917	47	1999	Trace	0.65 1972	Trace	5.0 1946
30	0	27	8	25	-20	1968	54	2004	Trace	0.75 1907	Trace	15.0 1907
31	-4	19	8	25	-25	1898	52	1965	0	1.33 2006	0	5.0 1977
Average	14.5	33.1	11.2	27.9					1.52 Normal = 1.24		10.6 Normal = 9.3

The special shading of colors in the Observed High/Low and Record High/Low/Year columns depict
observed monthly extremes and record monthly extremes and the years in which they occurred.

(The above data is unofficial and may contain errors.)
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