000 CDUS43 KDMX 110656 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10 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 78 401 PM 92 1930 59 19 49 MINIMUM 60 727 AM 20 1989 38 22 33 AVERAGE 69 48 21 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1887 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 1.06 -0.87 T SINCE MAR 1 1.80 3.27 -1.47 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 4.43 5.49 -1.06 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.1 1997 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.1 -3.9 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.7 -14.9 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 17 -17 24 MONTH TO DATE 66 184 -118 152 SINCE MAR 1 847 1010 -163 845 SINCE JUL 1 5245 6012 -767 5705 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 0 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 0 SINCE MAR 1 9 1 8 1 SINCE JAN 1 9 1 8 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 57 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 800 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 20 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 752 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 10 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 79 408 PM 92 1930 59 20 51 MINIMUM 53 532 AM 19 1973 40 13 34 AVERAGE 66 50 16 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1995 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.97 -0.36 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.48 3.32 -1.84 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 4.85 5.48 -0.63 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.7 1997 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.0 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.7 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.2 -19.2 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 16 -16 22 MONTH TO DATE 88 173 -85 166 SINCE MAR 1 911 962 -51 847 SINCE JUL 1 5342 5749 -407 5711 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 1 0 1 0 SINCE JAN 1 1 0 1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 89 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 746 PM CDT APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 635 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. $$