000 CDUS43 KDMX 190652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 79 151 PM 90 1985 62 17 80 MINIMUM 57 608 AM 20 1983 41 16 64 AVERAGE 68 52 16 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1991 0.12 -0.12 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 2.02 0.33 0.94 SINCE MAR 1 3.96 4.23 -0.27 4.42 SINCE JAN 1 6.59 6.45 0.14 7.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1939 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 5.9 -4.7 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.5 -15.7 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 14 -14 0 MONTH TO DATE 114 304 -190 235 SINCE MAR 1 895 1130 -235 928 SINCE JUL 1 5293 6132 -839 5788 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 0 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 13 0 13 15 SINCE MAR 1 13 1 12 16 SINCE JAN 1 13 1 12 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 300 AM LOWEST 42 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 86 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 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 18 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 80 201 PM 87 1985 63 17 80 MINIMUM 54 541 AM 19 1983 42 12 67 AVERAGE 67 53 14 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.26 1927 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.83 0.30 T SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.18 MM 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 MM 6.34 MM 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.8 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 5.5 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 MM 27.0 MM 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 13 -13 0 MONTH TO DATE 148 285 -137 256 SINCE MAR 1 971 1074 -103 937 SINCE JUL 1 5402 5861 -459 5801 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 9 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 20 SINCE MAR 1 5 0 5 20 SINCE JAN 1 5 0 5 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 100 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 85 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT APRIL 20 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. $$