000 CDUS43 KDMX 230659 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1258 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 45 340 PM 68 1982 38 7 48 MINIMUM 24 422 AM -10 1889 20 4 33 AVERAGE 35 29 6 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.20 1971 0.05 -0.05 0.22 MONTH TO DATE 1.77 0.89 0.88 1.72 SINCE DEC 1 3.21 3.25 -0.04 4.10 SINCE JAN 1 2.61 1.92 0.69 2.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.8 1994 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 6.6 -1.5 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 23.1 -6.8 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 17.4 28.0 -10.6 40.9 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 36 -6 24 MONTH TO DATE 692 881 -189 970 SINCE DEC 1 3127 3493 -366 3417 SINCE JUL 1 4208 4793 -585 4682 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 W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 28 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 49 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 65 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -13 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 600 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 22 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 44 319 PM 66 1930 39 5 42 MINIMUM 25 550 AM -4 1929 22 3 31 AVERAGE 35 30 5 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1922 0.05 -0.05 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 0.85 0.35 0.89 SINCE DEC 1 3.30 3.17 0.13 4.86 SINCE JAN 1 2.13 1.85 0.28 2.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 7.0 1994 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 4.8 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 17.9 -17.9 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 1.4 20.3 -18.9 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 35 -5 28 MONTH TO DATE 675 840 -165 943 SINCE DEC 1 3077 3366 -289 3386 SINCE JUL 1 4242 4588 -346 4686 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 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 49 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 66 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -8 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL