000 CDUS43 KDMX 120703 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 1051 AM 87 1930 58 12 51 MINIMUM 58 1157 PM 16 2004 34 24 16 AVERAGE 64 46 18 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 1.15 1961 0.10 0.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.39 1.06 -0.67 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.55 3.19 -1.64 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 4.42 5.08 -0.66 5.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 1924 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 5.9 -4.2 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 33.8 -13.6 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 1 19 -18 31 MONTH TO DATE 89 236 -147 227 SINCE MAR 1 1000 1182 -182 997 SINCE JUL 1 6036 6822 -786 6356 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 53 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 88 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 18 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 631 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69 1259 PM 84 1968 55 14 47 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 16 1940 34 20 17 AVERAGE 62 44 18 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.56 1.74 2001 0.11 1.45 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.73 1.13 0.60 T SINCE MAR 1 3.39 3.37 0.02 3.22 SINCE JAN 1 6.89 5.27 1.62 5.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1924 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 7.1 6.1 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 38.0 -4.7 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 20 -17 33 MONTH TO DATE 107 249 -142 244 SINCE MAR 1 1118 1245 -127 1091 SINCE JUL 1 6543 7186 -643 6901 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 0 SINCE JAN 1 2 0 2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 63 1200 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 84 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 16 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$