000 CDUS43 KDMX 250704 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1251 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 39 242 PM 62 1930 35 4 35 MINIMUM 23 800 AM -16 1993 17 6 32 AVERAGE 31 26 5 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.41 1940 0.04 -0.04 0.00 1975 MONTH TO DATE 1.36 0.85 0.51 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.42 2.80 0.62 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.90 1.69 1.21 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.1 1940 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 6.5 -3.7 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 22.2 -4.9 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 27.1 -9.8 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 39 -5 31 MONTH TO DATE 864 1049 -185 1089 SINCE DEC 1 3552 3924 -372 3746 SINCE JUL 1 4897 5487 -590 5231 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 SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 65 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -19 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 33 406 PM 58 1918 32 1 32 MINIMUM 16 723 AM -20 1913 16 0 30 AVERAGE 25 24 1 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.50 1926 0.04 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.21 0.75 1.46 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.39 2.81 0.58 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 2.95 1.73 1.22 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.2 5.0 1926 0.2 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.1 5.4 -3.3 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 24.5 -8.2 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 30.1 -12.3 29.8 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 40 41 -1 34 MONTH TO DATE 876 1085 -209 1155 SINCE DEC 1 3687 4098 -411 3973 SINCE JUL 1 5272 5781 -509 5655 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 61 1200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 62 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -23 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$