000 CDUS43 KDMX 160658 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 71 409 PM 87 2002 61 10 75 MINIMUM 44 456 AM 20 1928 40 4 49 AVERAGE 58 50 8 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.85 1982 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.24 1.66 0.58 T SINCE MAR 1 3.85 3.87 -0.02 3.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.48 6.09 0.39 6.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1905 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.6 -4.4 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.2 -15.4 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 15 -8 3 MONTH TO DATE 113 262 -149 235 SINCE MAR 1 894 1088 -194 928 SINCE JUL 1 5292 6090 -798 5788 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 S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 90 1898 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 758 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 15 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 70 413 PM 89 2002 61 9 77 MINIMUM 40 601 AM 19 1928 41 -1 46 AVERAGE 55 51 4 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1921 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.50 0.63 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 3.00 3.85 -0.85 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 6.01 0.36 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1949 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 5.2 -5.2 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.7 -19.7 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 14 -4 3 MONTH TO DATE 144 246 -102 256 SINCE MAR 1 967 1035 -68 937 SINCE JUL 1 5398 5822 -424 5801 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 S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 200 AM LOWEST 37 100 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$