000 CDUS43 KDMX 230658 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1257 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 38 310 PM 61 1984 35 3 38 MINIMUM 19 437 AM -16 1929 16 3 27 AVERAGE 29 25 4 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.42 1922 0.04 -0.04 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.36 0.77 0.59 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.42 2.72 0.70 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.90 1.61 1.29 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.4 1981 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 6.1 -3.3 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 21.8 -4.5 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 26.7 -9.4 22.0 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 40 -4 32 MONTH TO DATE 792 970 -178 1025 SINCE DEC 1 3480 3845 -365 3682 SINCE JUL 1 4825 5408 -583 5167 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 70 300 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 63 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -12 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 36 335 PM 58 1930 31 5 37 MINIMUM 22 1007 PM -17 1929 15 7 25 AVERAGE 29 23 6 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.90 1922 0.04 -0.04 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 2.19 0.67 1.52 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.37 2.73 0.64 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 2.93 1.65 1.28 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.0 1971 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.9 5.0 -3.1 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.1 24.1 -8.0 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.6 29.7 -12.1 29.8 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 36 42 -6 34 MONTH TO DATE 795 1003 -208 1087 SINCE DEC 1 3606 4016 -410 3905 SINCE JUL 1 5191 5699 -508 5587 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 AM LOWEST 70 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 57 2002 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -14 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 659 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL