000 CDUS43 KDMX 120713 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 157 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 67 106 PM 87 1930 60 7 49 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 20 1940 38 16 28 AVERAGE 61 49 12 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.02R 1.38 1944 0.12 1.90 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.21 1.18 1.03 T SINCE MAR 1 3.82 3.39 0.43 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.45 5.61 0.84 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.1 1997 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.2 -4.0 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.8 -15.0 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 16 -12 26 MONTH TO DATE 70 200 -130 178 SINCE MAR 1 851 1026 -175 871 SINCE JUL 1 5249 6028 -779 5731 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 11 PERCENT 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 AM LOWEST 63 1200 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 18 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 753 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 11 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 68 1216 AM 89 1930 60 8 52 MINIMUM 53 1137 PM 20 1973 40 13 26 AVERAGE 61 50 11 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.29 1.43 1970 0.10 1.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.90 1.07 0.83 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 2.77 3.42 -0.65 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.14 5.58 0.56 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 6.4 1997 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.8 -4.8 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.3 -19.3 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 15 -11 26 MONTH TO DATE 92 188 -96 192 SINCE MAR 1 915 977 -62 873 SINCE JUL 1 5346 5764 -418 5737 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 55 1200 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 88 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 633 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. $$