000 CDUS43 KDMX 150656 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1252 AM CST TUE FEB 15 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14 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 59 246 PM 68 1954 35 24 26 MINIMUM 36 546 AM -14 1936 17 19 6 AVERAGE 48 26 22 16 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.98 2003 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.63 0.55 1.08 1.22 SINCE DEC 1 3.07 2.91 0.16 3.60 SINCE JAN 1 2.47 1.58 0.89 2.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 2003 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 4.9 4.2 0.7 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 16.1 20.7 -4.6 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 17.2 25.6 -8.4 40.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 39 -22 49 MONTH TO DATE 431 579 -148 688 SINCE DEC 1 2866 3191 -325 3135 SINCE JUL 1 3947 4491 -544 4400 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 42 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 75 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -17 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 15 2005......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 550 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 14 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 57 413 PM 69 1954 35 22 29 MINIMUM 37 834 AM -6 1936 19 18 8 AVERAGE 47 27 20 19 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.66 2003 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.08 0.50 0.58 0.70 SINCE DEC 1 3.18 2.82 0.36 4.67 SINCE JAN 1 2.01 1.50 0.51 2.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 6.6 1990 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 3.2 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 16.3 -16.3 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 1.4 18.7 -17.3 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 38 -20 46 MONTH TO DATE 415 553 -138 661 SINCE DEC 1 2817 3079 -262 3104 SINCE JUL 1 3982 4301 -319 4404 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 63 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -15 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 15 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST FEBRUARY 16 2005......SUNRISE 703 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. $$ REV