000 CDUS43 KDMX 220655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1255 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 35 412 PM 67 1991 38 -3 43 MINIMUM 27 801 AM -9 1885 20 7 29 AVERAGE 31 29 2 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.22 1976 0.05 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.77 0.84 0.93 1.50 SINCE DEC 1 3.21 3.20 0.01 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 2.61 1.87 0.74 2.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 9.8 1976 0.3 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 6.3 -1.2 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 22.8 -6.5 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 17.4 27.7 -10.3 40.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 37 -3 29 MONTH TO DATE 662 845 -183 946 SINCE DEC 1 3097 3457 -360 3393 SINCE JUL 1 4178 4757 -579 4658 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 PM LOWEST 66 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 68 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -10 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 558 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 21 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 36 1212 AM 69 1930 38 -2 45 MINIMUM 29 924 AM -7 1963 22 7 30 AVERAGE 33 30 3 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.16 1997 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 0.80 0.40 0.80 SINCE DEC 1 3.30 3.12 0.18 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 2.13 1.80 0.33 2.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.4 1960 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 4.6 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 17.7 -17.7 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 1.4 20.1 -18.7 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 35 -3 27 MONTH TO DATE 645 805 -160 915 SINCE DEC 1 3047 3331 -284 3358 SINCE JUL 1 4212 4553 -341 4658 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 72 1100 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 66 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -4 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL