000 CDUS43 KDMX 130655 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT WED APR 13 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 59 1201 AM 88 1916 58 1 50 MINIMUM 43 850 PM 18 1940 34 9 21 AVERAGE 51 46 5 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.40 2.03 1991 0.11 0.29 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.79 1.17 -0.38 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 1.95 3.30 -1.35 4.00 SINCE JAN 1 4.82 5.19 -0.37 5.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.8 1997 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 6.0 -4.3 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 33.9 -13.7 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 19 -5 29 MONTH TO DATE 103 255 -152 256 SINCE MAR 1 1014 1201 -187 1026 SINCE JUL 1 6050 6841 -791 6385 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 76 1000 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 85 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 18 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE 630 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 57 423 AM 84 1985 56 1 50 MINIMUM 43 1014 PM 16 1939 34 9 19 AVERAGE 50 45 5 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 1.17 1991 0.11 0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 1.24 0.72 T SINCE MAR 1 3.62 3.48 0.14 3.22 SINCE JAN 1 7.12 5.38 1.74 5.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 2.0 1952 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 7.2 6.0 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 38.1 -4.8 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 20 -5 30 MONTH TO DATE 122 269 -147 274 SINCE MAR 1 1133 1265 -132 1121 SINCE JUL 1 6558 7206 -648 6931 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 76 900 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 83 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 18 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB