000 CDUS43 KDMX 240703 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 102 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 40 1244 PM 65 1930 38 2 36 MINIMUM 25 732 AM -13 1889 21 4 30 AVERAGE 33 30 3 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.83 1915 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.77 0.94 0.83 1.72 SINCE DEC 1 3.21 3.30 -0.09 4.10 SINCE JAN 1 2.61 1.97 0.64 2.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.6 1924 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 6.9 -1.8 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 23.4 -7.1 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 17.4 28.3 -10.9 40.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 36 -4 32 MONTH TO DATE 724 917 -193 1002 SINCE DEC 1 3159 3529 -370 3449 SINCE JUL 1 4240 4829 -589 4714 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 47 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 52 1200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 78 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -11 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 601 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 23 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 38 209 PM 66 1930 39 -1 39 MINIMUM 24 714 AM -8 1989 23 1 31 AVERAGE 31 31 0 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.26 1925 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 0.90 0.30 0.89 SINCE DEC 1 3.30 3.22 0.08 4.86 SINCE JAN 1 2.13 1.90 0.23 2.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.5 1960 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 5.0 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 T 18.1 -18.1 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 1.4 20.5 -19.1 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 34 0 30 MONTH TO DATE 709 874 -165 973 SINCE DEC 1 3111 3400 -289 3416 SINCE JUL 1 4276 4622 -346 4716 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 59 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 78 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -4 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 650 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