000 CDUS43 KDMX 240702 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 102 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 34 354 PM 63 1930 35 -1 37 MINIMUM 20 221 AM -12 1989 16 4 27 AVERAGE 27 26 1 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.85 1915 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.36 0.81 0.55 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.42 2.76 0.66 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.90 1.65 1.25 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1959 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 6.3 -3.5 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 22.0 -4.7 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 26.9 -9.6 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 40 -2 33 MONTH TO DATE 830 1010 -180 1058 SINCE DEC 1 3518 3885 -367 3715 SINCE JUL 1 4863 5448 -585 5200 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 47 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 62 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -16 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 33 333 PM 57 2002 32 1 33 2000 MINIMUM 15 530 AM -14 1910 15 0 28 AVERAGE 24 24 0 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.69 1977 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.19 0.71 1.48 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.37 2.77 0.60 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 2.93 1.69 1.24 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.5 1959 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.9 5.2 -3.3 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.1 24.3 -8.2 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.6 29.9 -12.3 29.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 41 0 34 MONTH TO DATE 836 1044 -208 1121 SINCE DEC 1 3647 4057 -410 3939 SINCE JUL 1 5232 5740 -508 5621 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 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 600 AM LOWEST 54 200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 58 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -20 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 656 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. $$ SMALL