000 CDUS43 KDMX 200649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 78 420 PM 86 1987 63 15 64 MINIMUM 62 731 AM 25 1928 41 21 50 AVERAGE 70 52 18 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.29 1959 0.13 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.38 2.15 0.23 0.94 SINCE MAR 1 3.99 4.36 -0.37 4.42 SINCE JAN 1 6.62 6.58 0.04 7.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.7 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 6.0 -4.8 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.6 -15.8 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 13 -13 8 MONTH TO DATE 114 317 -203 243 SINCE MAR 1 895 1143 -248 936 SINCE JUL 1 5293 6145 -852 5796 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 1 17 15 SINCE MAR 1 18 2 16 16 SINCE JAN 1 18 2 16 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 75 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 60 200 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 86 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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 19 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 76 440 PM 85 1985 63 13 69 MINIMUM 58 541 AM 26 1949 43 15 48 AVERAGE 67 53 14 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.93 1993 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.13 1.94 0.19 T SINCE MAR 1 3.00 4.29 -1.29 4.63 SINCE JAN 1 6.37 6.45 -0.08 7.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 5.6 -5.6 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 12 -12 6 MONTH TO DATE 148 297 -149 262 SINCE MAR 1 971 1086 -115 943 SINCE JUL 1 5402 5873 -471 5807 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 0 7 20 SINCE MAR 1 7 0 7 20 SINCE JAN 1 7 0 7 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 1100 PM LOWEST 54 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 31 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 621 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. $$