000 CDUS43 KDMX 050652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 82 314 PM 89 1929 57 25 57 MINIMUM 53 621 AM 13 1899 36 17 32 AVERAGE 68 46 22 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.16 1947 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.40 -0.40 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.61 2.61 -1.00 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.83 -0.59 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1977 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 4.5 -3.3 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.1 -14.3 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 19 -19 20 MONTH TO DATE 44 78 -34 74 SINCE MAR 1 825 904 -79 767 SINCE JUL 1 5223 5906 -683 5627 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 0 3 0 SINCE MAR 1 3 1 2 1 SINCE JAN 1 3 1 2 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 600 AM LOWEST 32 100 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 86 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 16 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 6 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 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 4 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 81 301 PM 85 1929 57 24 55 MINIMUM 43 607 AM 15 2002 37 6 31 AVERAGE 62 47 15 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 1911 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.37 -0.37 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.87 2.72 -1.85 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.88 -0.64 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 4.1 -4.1 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 25.6 -18.6 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 18 -15 22 MONTH TO DATE 52 74 -22 85 SINCE MAR 1 875 863 12 766 SINCE JUL 1 5306 5650 -344 5630 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 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 71 400 AM LOWEST 20 300 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 84 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 18 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 6 2005.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CM