000 CDUS43 KDMX 060655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5 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 75 325 PM 86 2000 57 18 68 MINIMUM 56 629 AM 16 1982 36 20 36 AVERAGE 66 47 19 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.22 1965 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.51 -0.51 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.61 2.72 -1.11 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.94 -0.70 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.6 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 4.6 -3.4 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.2 -14.4 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 19 -19 13 MONTH TO DATE 44 97 -53 87 SINCE MAR 1 825 923 -98 780 SINCE JUL 1 5223 5925 -702 5640 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 1 3 1 SINCE JAN 1 4 1 3 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 700 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 88 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 10 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 7 2005.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 747 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 5 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 74 429 PM 84 1929 57 17 66 MINIMUM 56 540 AM 18 1982 38 18 34 AVERAGE 65 48 17 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.72 1947 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.47 -0.47 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.87 2.82 -1.95 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.24 4.98 -0.74 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 4.2 -4.2 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 25.7 -18.7 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 17 -17 15 MONTH TO DATE 52 91 -39 100 SINCE MAR 1 875 880 -5 781 SINCE JUL 1 5306 5667 -361 5645 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 600 AM LOWEST 46 1200 AM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 84 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 9 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 6 2005.........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT APRIL 7 2005.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MYERS