000 CDUS43 KDMX 170653 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 61 501 PM 88 2004 60 1 88 2002 MINIMUM 45 207 AM 19 1949 36 9 41 AVERAGE 53 48 5 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 1.14 1945 0.11 0.20 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 1.10 1.61 -0.51 0.24 SINCE MAR 1 2.26 3.74 -1.48 4.24 SINCE JAN 1 5.13 5.63 -0.50 5.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.7 1921 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 6.4 -4.7 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 34.3 -14.1 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 17 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 159 327 -168 300 SINCE MAR 1 1070 1273 -203 1070 SINCE JUL 1 6106 6913 -807 6429 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 PM LOWEST 59 1200 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 85 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 14 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 623 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 61 439 PM 88 2004 58 3 88 1964 MINIMUM 50 421 AM 18 1928 36 14 36 AVERAGE 56 47 9 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 1.05 1938 0.11 0.01 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 2.08 1.68 0.40 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 3.74 3.92 -0.18 3.24 SINCE JAN 1 7.24 5.82 1.42 5.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1928 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.6 -1.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 7.6 5.6 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 38.5 -5.2 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 18 -9 3 MONTH TO DATE 175 345 -170 323 SINCE MAR 1 1186 1341 -155 1170 SINCE JUL 1 6611 7282 -671 6980 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 900 PM LOWEST 72 400 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 88 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 18 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$