000 CDUS43 KDMX 121117 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 515 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 434 PM 65 1882 34 9 30 MINIMUM 23 750 AM -24 1899 16 7 14 AVERAGE 33 25 8 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.51 1999 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.73 0.43 0.30 1.22 SINCE DEC 1 2.17 2.79 -0.62 3.60 SINCE JAN 1 1.57 1.46 0.11 2.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.1 1905 0.3 -0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 4.9 3.3 1.6 14.9 SINCE DEC 1 16.1 19.8 -3.7 40.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.2 24.7 -7.5 40.8 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 40 -8 43 MONTH TO DATE 362 460 -98 536 SINCE DEC 1 2797 3072 -275 2983 SINCE JUL 1 3878 4372 -494 4248 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1200 AM LOWEST 53 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 70 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -21 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 12 2005......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST FEBRUARY 13 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 48 317 PM 62 1987 35 13 34 MINIMUM 24 723 AM -17 1936 19 5 14 AVERAGE 36 27 9 24 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.46 1999 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.30 0.38 -0.08 0.70 SINCE DEC 1 2.40 2.70 -0.30 4.67 SINCE JAN 1 1.23 1.38 -0.15 2.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.6 2003 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 2.6 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 MM 15.7 -15.7 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 MM 18.1 -16.7 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 38 -9 41 MONTH TO DATE 349 439 -90 516 SINCE DEC 1 2751 2965 -214 2959 SINCE JUL 1 3916 4187 -271 4259 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 100 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 71 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -13 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 12 2005......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 541 PM CST FEBRUARY 13 2005......SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CM