000 CDUS43 KDMX 260659 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1255 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 44 218 PM 65 2000 36 8 39 MINIMUM 21 1147 PM -19 1940 17 4 28 AVERAGE 33 27 6 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.57 1962 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.36 0.90 0.46 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.42 2.85 0.57 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.90 1.74 1.16 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.0 1962 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 6.7 -3.9 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 22.4 -5.1 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 27.3 -10.0 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 39 -7 31 MONTH TO DATE 896 1088 -192 1120 SINCE DEC 1 3584 3963 -379 3777 SINCE JUL 1 4929 5526 -597 5262 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 N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 64 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -14 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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 39 120 PM 62 2000 33 6 33 MINIMUM 17 1156 PM -23 1940 16 1 23 AVERAGE 28 25 3 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.88 1951 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.21 0.79 1.42 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.39 2.85 0.54 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 2.95 1.77 1.18 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1929 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.1 5.6 -3.5 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 24.7 -8.4 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 30.3 -12.5 29.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 41 -4 37 MONTH TO DATE 913 1126 -213 1192 SINCE DEC 1 3724 4139 -415 4010 SINCE JUL 1 5309 5822 -513 5692 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 57 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -20 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE 652 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. $$