National Weather Service - Des Moines, IA

KOTM 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)	Record Snow Fall (inches)
1	32	58	22	40	2	2005	65	1970	Trace	1.26 1945
2	47	54	22	40	-1	1929	67	1973	0	0.80 1897
3	45	71	21	39	-8	1929	71	2012	0	1.09 2011
4	31	62	21	39	1	2005	71	1998	0	1.30 1924
5	21	46	20	38	-5	2005	68	2001	0	1.33 1930
6	41	52	20	38	-6	2005	68	1939	0.03	0.74 1943
7	36	42	20	37	-10	2005	60	1947	0.04	1.90 1980
8	29	41	19	37	-9	1958	70	1946	Trace	2.30 2008
9	22	40	19	36	-11	1958	66	1939	0.04	1.86 2003
10	15	30	19	36	-6	2009	60	1979	0	1.36 1970
11	13	40	18	36	-11	1972	64	1965	0	1.32 2007
12	25	50	18	35	-12	1932	62	1991	0	0.68 1946
13	31	51	18	35	-11	1961	62	1975	0	0.80 1920
14	22	53	17	35	-10	1989	61	2008	0.33	1.08 1971
15	41	50	17	34	-13	1989	59	2002	0.41	0.81 1971
16	30	42	17	34	-19	1932	67	1939	0	0.86 1940
17	29	35	17	34	-12	1932	64	1939	0	1.00 1911
18	31	49	16	34	-15	1985	67	1939	0	0.47 1957
19	32	36	16	33	-18	1983	59	1941	0.46	1.12 1952
20	17	35	16	33	-13	1983	67	1941	0.31	1.01 2006
21	12	27	16	33	-19	1989	62	1941	0	0.36 1949
22	10	36	16	33	-20	1989	66	1933	0	0.57 1961
23	15	30	15	33	-21	1989	66	1933	0	1.64 1941
24	15	22	15	33	-19	1983	59	1940	Trace	1.20 1918
25	7	18	15	32	-15	2000	60	1936	0	0.62 1957
26	11	22	15	32	-14	1948	60	1936	0	0.90 1942
27	9	28	15	32	-10	1935	68	1946	0	1.00 2003
28	24	30	15	32	-32	1924	69	1984	Trace	0.82 1927
29	13	24	14	32	-11	1935	67	1984	Trace	0.60 1971
30	10	41	14	32	-10	1968	64	1965	0	0.61 1931
31	15	37	14	32	-13	1968	63	1965	0	0.99 1931
Average	23.6	40.4	17.3	34.8					1.62 Normal = 1.37

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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