The present for us on Valentine's Day from Mother Nature was a strange combination of sunshine, mild temperatures and brief downpours of snow! The lower atmosphere was able to produce shallow convective like clouds and have snow reach the surface with near surface air temperatures well above freezing. The automated weather reports from the Des Moines Airport included an observation of 40 degrees and light snow! The featured chart presents the combination of reported temperature and day of the year when the site reports falling snow. Having a temperature of 40+ and falling snow is a rare combination and even more rare in February. The overall maximum temperature on this chart is 46 back on 19 Oct 1964.

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