000 CDUS43 KDMX 080655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT FRI APR 8 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 67 432 PM 80 1991 58 9 74 MINIMUM 45 852 AM 16 1936 37 8 39 AVERAGE 56 47 9 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.98 1913 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.73 -0.54 T SINCE MAR 1 1.80 2.94 -1.14 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.43 5.16 -0.73 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.2 1982 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 4.8 -3.6 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.4 -14.6 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 18 -9 8 MONTH TO DATE 56 133 -77 99 SINCE MAR 1 837 959 -122 792 SINCE JUL 1 5235 5961 -726 5652 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 61 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 40 400 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 87 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 20 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 9 2005.........SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 749 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 7 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 62 512 PM 79 1991 58 4 73 MINIMUM 43 1153 PM 18 1936 38 5 36 AVERAGE 53 48 5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.99 1946 0.10 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.67 -0.06 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 3.02 -1.54 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.85 5.18 -0.33 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.0 1982 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 4.4 -4.4 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 25.9 -18.9 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 17 -5 10 MONTH TO DATE 70 125 -55 113 SINCE MAR 1 893 914 -21 794 SINCE JUL 1 5324 5701 -377 5658 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 89 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 18 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 9 2005.........SUNRISE 640 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. $$