000 CDUS43 KDMX 040645 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT MON APR 4 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 74 351 PM 82 1978 56 18 57 MINIMUM 44 500 AM 9 1975 35 9 38 AVERAGE 59 46 13 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.93 1945 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.30 -0.30 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.61 2.51 -0.90 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.73 -0.49 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1950 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 4.4 -3.2 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.0 -14.2 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 19 -13 17 MONTH TO DATE 44 59 -15 54 SINCE MAR 1 825 885 -60 747 SINCE JUL 1 5223 5887 -664 5607 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 1 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 53 500 AM LOWEST 33 100 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 89 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 13 1899 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2005.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 73 427 PM 82 1978 56 17 58 MINIMUM 39 618 AM 11 1936 37 2 32 AVERAGE 56 47 9 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1957 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.27 -0.27 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.87 2.62 -1.75 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.78 -0.54 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.1 1950 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.3 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.0 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 25.5 -18.5 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 18 -9 20 MONTH TO DATE 49 56 -7 63 SINCE MAR 1 872 845 27 744 SINCE JUL 1 5303 5632 -329 5608 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 62 700 AM LOWEST 23 400 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 85 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 15 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2005.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY