000 CDUS43 KDMX 070733 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 121 AM CST MON MAR 7 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 72R MM 72 2000 40 32 52 MINIMUM 32 MM -11 1960 21 11 32 AVERAGE 52 31 21 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 1.07 1946 0.06 0.22 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.28 0.31 -0.03 1.62 SINCE DEC 1 3.79 3.31 0.48 3.92 SINCE JAN 1 3.27 2.20 1.07 3.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 5.7 1995 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE DEC 1 17.3 24.2 -6.9 22.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.3 29.1 -11.8 22.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 35 -22 23 MONTH TO DATE 193 216 -23 153 SINCE MAR 1 193 216 -23 153 SINCE JUL 1 5228 5856 -628 5512 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 1100 PM LOWEST 20 200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 79 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -19 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2005.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 608 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 MARCH 6 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 71R MM 71 2000 37 34 49 MINIMUM 36 MM -12 1960 20 16 30 AVERAGE 54 28 26 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 0.72 1995 0.06 0.06 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.32 -0.20 1.03 SINCE DEC 1 3.56 3.30 0.26 3.72 SINCE JAN 1 3.12 2.22 0.90 3.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 10.2 1995 0.2 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.5 SINCE DEC 1 16.3 26.5 -10.2 30.3 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 32.1 -14.3 30.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 37 -26 25 MONTH TO DATE 194 226 -32 170 SINCE MAR 1 194 226 -32 170 SINCE JUL 1 5619 6167 -548 5980 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 PM LOWEST 20 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 79 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -15 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST MARCH 8 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 611 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB