000 CDUS43 KDMX 110719 CCA CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTION FOR OTTUMWA SNOWFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 117 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10 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 48 1032 AM 75 1917 45 3 59 MINIMUM 28 1229 AM -6 1948 26 2 32 AVERAGE 38 36 2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.11 1901 0.06 -0.04 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.57 -0.54 1.38 SINCE DEC 1 3.26 4.12 -0.86 5.53 SINCE JAN 1 2.66 2.79 -0.13 4.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 6.0 1901 0.2 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 2.0 -1.9 T SINCE DEC 1 17.6 26.7 -9.1 40.9 SINCE JUL 1 18.7 31.6 -12.9 40.9 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 29 -2 19 MONTH TO DATE 280 312 -32 242 SINCE MAR 1 280 312 -32 242 SINCE JUL 1 4678 5314 -636 5102 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 40 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 21.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 55 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 39 200 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 82 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -12 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 617 PM CST MARCH 12 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 618 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 MARCH 10 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 50 1045 AM 72 1955 46 4 57 MINIMUM 24 135 AM -12 1934 28 -4 30 AVERAGE 37 37 0 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.30 1990 0.07 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.63 -0.58 2.03 SINCE DEC 1 3.41 4.11 -0.70 6.90 SINCE JAN 1 2.24 2.79 -0.55 4.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.8 1951 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.6 MM 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 MM 20.7 MM 29.3 SINCE JUL 1 MM 23.1 MM 29.3 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 28 0 21 MONTH TO DATE 297 298 -1 226 SINCE MAR 1 297 298 -1 226 SINCE JUL 1 4728 5085 -357 5090 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 45 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 78 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -7 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 11 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 12 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL