000 CDUS43 KDMX 270645 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1243 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 41 321 PM 64 1896 36 5 44 MINIMUM 19 703 AM -14 1897 18 1 26 AVERAGE 30 27 3 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.72 1929 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.36 0.95 0.41 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.42 2.90 0.52 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.90 1.79 1.11 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1929 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 6.9 -4.1 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 22.6 -5.3 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 27.5 -10.2 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 38 -3 30 MONTH TO DATE 931 1126 -195 1150 SINCE DEC 1 3619 4001 -382 3807 SINCE JUL 1 4964 5564 -600 5292 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 SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 55 300 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 58 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -14 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 557 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 646 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 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 40 331 PM 57 1976 33 7 37 MINIMUM 16 301 AM -20 1963 17 -1 18 AVERAGE 28 25 3 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.15 1999 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.21 0.83 1.38 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.39 2.89 0.50 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 2.95 1.81 1.14 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.0 1929 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.1 5.8 -3.7 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 24.9 -8.6 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 30.5 -12.7 29.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 40 -3 37 MONTH TO DATE 950 1166 -216 1229 SINCE DEC 1 3761 4179 -418 4047 SINCE JUL 1 5346 5862 -516 5729 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 65 1896 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -12 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 651 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. $$