000 CDUS43 KDMX 180656 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 79 418 PM 86 1975 62 17 85 MINIMUM 53 521 AM 19 1907 40 13 55 AVERAGE 66 51 15 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.58 1976 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.90 0.45 0.86 SINCE MAR 1 3.96 4.11 -0.15 4.34 SINCE JAN 1 6.59 6.33 0.26 7.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.2 1983 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.8 -4.6 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.4 -15.6 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 0 MONTH TO DATE 114 290 -176 235 SINCE MAR 1 895 1116 -221 928 SINCE JUL 1 5293 6118 -825 5788 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 5 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 8 SINCE MAR 1 10 1 9 9 SINCE JAN 1 10 1 9 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 300 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 90 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 628 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 79 331 PM 86 2004 62 17 86 MINIMUM 55 533 AM 27 1983 42 13 57 AVERAGE 67 52 15 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.35 1978 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.72 0.41 T SINCE MAR 1 3.00 4.07 -1.07 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 6.23 0.14 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1983 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 5.4 -5.4 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 26.9 -19.9 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 13 -13 0 MONTH TO DATE 148 272 -124 256 SINCE MAR 1 971 1061 -90 937 SINCE JUL 1 5402 5848 -446 5801 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 3 0 3 11 SINCE MAR 1 3 0 3 11 SINCE JAN 1 3 0 3 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 1200 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 19 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 624 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. $$