000 CDUS43 KDMX 280701 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1258 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 1243 PM 58 1976 37 4 46 MINIMUM 26 1159 PM -14 1897 18 8 27 AVERAGE 34 27 7 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.42 1902 0.05 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.44 1.00 0.44 1.28 SINCE DEC 1 3.50 2.95 0.55 2.30 SINCE JAN 1 2.98 1.84 1.14 1.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.6 1997 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 7.1 -4.3 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.3 22.8 -5.5 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 27.7 -10.4 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 38 -7 28 MONTH TO DATE 962 1164 -202 1178 SINCE DEC 1 3650 4039 -389 3835 SINCE JUL 1 4995 5602 -607 5320 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 PM LOWEST 75 1200 AM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 61 2000 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -29 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 558 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 645 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 37 1031 AM 65 1896 34 3 39 MINIMUM 24 1159 PM -12 1899 17 7 27 AVERAGE 31 25 6 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.62 1948 0.04 0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 0.87 1.39 1.55 SINCE DEC 1 3.44 2.93 0.51 2.66 SINCE JAN 1 3.00 1.85 1.15 1.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.0 1978 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.1 6.0 -3.9 15.7 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 25.1 -8.8 29.8 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 30.7 -12.9 29.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 40 -6 32 MONTH TO DATE 984 1206 -222 1261 SINCE DEC 1 3795 4219 -424 4079 SINCE JUL 1 5380 5902 -522 5761 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 PM LOWEST 81 800 PM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 60 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -22 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$