000 CDUS43 KDMX 280707 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1258 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 50 1129 AM 68 1981 40 10 51 MINIMUM 28 459 PM -11 1962 22 6 30 AVERAGE 39 31 8 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.76 1948 0.05 -0.01 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.88 1.14 0.74 1.72 SINCE DEC 1 3.32 3.50 -0.18 4.10 SINCE JAN 1 2.72 2.17 0.55 2.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.1 1886 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.0 8.0 -2.0 15.0 SINCE DEC 1 17.2 24.5 -7.3 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 18.3 29.4 -11.1 40.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 34 -8 24 MONTH TO DATE 842 1056 -214 1115 SINCE DEC 1 3277 3668 -391 3562 SINCE JUL 1 4358 4968 -610 4827 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 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 19 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 400 PM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 69 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -16 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 605 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 27 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 55 147 PM 72 1976 41 14 49 MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -23 1934 24 4 25 AVERAGE 42 32 10 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.04 1948 0.05 MM 0.00 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.10 MM 0.89 SINCE DEC 1 MM 3.42 MM 4.86 SINCE JAN 1 MM 2.10 MM 2.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.5 1997 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 5.8 MM 9.0 SINCE DEC 1 MM 18.9 MM 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 MM 21.3 MM 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 33 -10 28 MONTH TO DATE 824 1007 -183 1088 SINCE DEC 1 3226 3533 -307 3531 SINCE JUL 1 4391 4755 -364 4831 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 NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 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 100 600 PM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -15 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 644 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. $$