000 CDUS43 KDMX 070655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 153 AM CDT THU APR 7 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6 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 72 1110 AM 88 1991 58 14 73 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 10 1982 36 15 49 AVERAGE 62 47 15 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 1.56 1938 0.11 0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.62 -0.43 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.80 2.83 -1.03 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.43 5.05 -0.62 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.0 2003 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 4.7 -3.5 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.3 -14.5 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 18 -15 4 MONTH TO DATE 47 115 -68 91 SINCE MAR 1 828 941 -113 784 SINCE JUL 1 5226 5943 -717 5644 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 14 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 57 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 80 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 16 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2005.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 748 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 6 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 63 150 PM 84 1991 58 5 73 MINIMUM 54 1240 AM 9 1982 38 16 50 AVERAGE 59 48 11 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 1.62 1938 0.10 0.48 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 0.57 0.01 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.45 2.92 -1.47 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.82 5.08 -0.26 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 4.3 -4.3 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 25.8 -18.8 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 17 -11 3 MONTH TO DATE 58 108 -50 103 SINCE MAR 1 881 897 -16 784 SINCE JUL 1 5312 5684 -372 5648 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 PM LOWEST 72 900 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 79 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 18 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 7 2005.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MYERS