000 CDUS43 KDMX 250707 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 107 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 35 521 PM 78 1930 39 -4 36 MINIMUM 26 830 AM -11 1889 21 5 32 AVERAGE 31 30 1 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.98 1883 0.05 0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 1.84 0.99 0.85 1.72 SINCE DEC 1 3.28 3.35 -0.07 4.10 SINCE JAN 1 2.68 2.02 0.66 2.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.9 5.1 1975 0.3 0.6 T MONTH TO DATE 6.0 7.2 -1.2 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.2 23.7 -6.5 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 18.3 28.6 -10.3 40.9 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 35 -1 31 MONTH TO DATE 758 952 -194 1033 SINCE DEC 1 3193 3564 -371 3480 SINCE JUL 1 4274 4864 -590 4745 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 W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 18 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 63 100 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 69 1995 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -6 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 602 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 24 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 38 408 PM 78 1930 39 -1 37 MINIMUM 26 730 AM -4 1993 23 3 32 AVERAGE 32 31 1 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.26 2001 0.05 MM 0.00 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.95 MM 0.89 SINCE DEC 1 MM 3.27 MM 4.86 SINCE JAN 1 MM 1.95 MM 2.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 9.6 1975 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 5.2 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 MM 18.3 MM 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 MM 20.7 MM 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 34 -1 30 MONTH TO DATE 742 908 -166 1003 SINCE DEC 1 3144 3434 -290 3446 SINCE JUL 1 4309 4656 -347 4746 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 74 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -6 2003 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$