000 CDUS43 KDMX 100652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 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 78 258 PM 86 1977 59 19 59 MINIMUM 53 701 AM 19 1997 37 16 41 AVERAGE 66 48 18 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.54 1919 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.95 -0.76 T SINCE MAR 1 1.80 3.16 -1.36 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.43 5.38 -0.95 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.3 1973 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.0 -3.8 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.6 -14.8 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 17 -17 15 MONTH TO DATE 66 167 -101 128 SINCE MAR 1 847 993 -146 821 SINCE JUL 1 5245 5995 -750 5681 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 0 SINCE MAR 1 5 1 4 1 SINCE JAN 1 5 1 4 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 900 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 92 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2005.........SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 751 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 9 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 76 211 PM 83 1977 59 17 59 MINIMUM 44 501 AM 18 1997 39 5 34 AVERAGE 60 49 11 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 1978 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.87 -0.26 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 3.22 -1.74 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.85 5.38 -0.53 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 6.6 1973 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.9 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.1 -19.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 16 -11 18 MONTH TO DATE 88 157 -69 144 SINCE MAR 1 911 946 -35 825 SINCE JUL 1 5342 5733 -391 5689 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 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 76 400 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 92 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE 636 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. $$