000 CDUS43 KDMX 150700 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 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 67 337 PM 87 2003 61 6 70 MINIMUM 38 409 AM 19 1907 39 -1 38 AVERAGE 53 50 3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1987 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 1.54 0.70 T SINCE MAR 1 3.85 3.75 0.10 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.48 5.97 0.51 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.8 1949 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.4 -1.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.5 -4.3 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.1 -15.3 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 15 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 106 247 -141 232 SINCE MAR 1 887 1073 -186 925 SINCE JUL 1 5285 6075 -790 5785 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 SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 29 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 20 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2005.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 756 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 14 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 66 218 PM 88 2003 61 5 70 MINIMUM 32 514 AM 22 1950 41 -9 32 AVERAGE 49 51 -2 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.54 1960 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.39 0.74 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.00 3.74 -0.74 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 5.90 0.47 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1980 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.4 -1.4 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 5.1 -5.1 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.6 -19.6 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 14 2 14 MONTH TO DATE 134 232 -98 253 SINCE MAR 1 957 1021 -64 934 SINCE JUL 1 5388 5808 -420 5798 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 500 AM LOWEST 27 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2005.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 629 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. $$