000 CDUS43 KDMX 130656 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT WED APR 13 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 60 101 PM 87 1916 60 0 53 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 18 1940 39 8 33 AVERAGE 54 49 5 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 0.93 1909 0.12 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 1.30 0.94 T SINCE MAR 1 3.85 3.51 0.34 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.48 5.73 0.75 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.2 1997 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.3 -4.1 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 34.9 -15.1 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 16 -5 22 MONTH TO DATE 81 216 -135 200 SINCE MAR 1 862 1042 -180 893 SINCE JUL 1 5260 6044 -784 5753 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 8 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 75 1200 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 89 1883 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 11 1881 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE 636 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. ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 59 303 PM 88 1930 60 -1 52 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 19 1940 40 7 30 AVERAGE 53 50 3 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 0.82 1912 0.10 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.17 0.96 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.00 3.52 -0.52 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 5.68 0.69 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 4.2 1997 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.2 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.9 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.4 -19.4 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 15 -3 24 MONTH TO DATE 104 203 -99 216 SINCE MAR 1 927 992 -65 897 SINCE JUL 1 5358 5779 -421 5761 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 80 1100 AM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 85 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE 632 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. $$ FAB