000 CDUS43 KDMX 200652 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 73 501 PM 87 1985 61 12 67 MINIMUM 59 855 AM 20 1988 37 22 35 AVERAGE 66 49 17 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.29 1.70 1992 0.11 0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.39 1.94 -0.55 0.24 SINCE MAR 1 2.55 4.07 -1.52 4.24 SINCE JAN 1 5.42 5.96 -0.54 5.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1953 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 6.7 -5.0 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 34.6 -14.4 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 16 -16 14 MONTH TO DATE 162 377 -215 315 SINCE MAR 1 1073 1323 -250 1085 SINCE JUL 1 6109 6963 -854 6444 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 7 SINCE MAR 1 4 0 4 7 SINCE JAN 1 4 0 4 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 900 AM LOWEST 61 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 24 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 759 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 19 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 72 343 PM 87 1985 59 13 57 MINIMUM 53 1154 PM 18 1988 37 16 35 AVERAGE 63 48 15 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.74R 1.27 1993 0.12 2.62 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 4.82 2.03 2.79 0.47 SINCE MAR 1 6.48 4.27 2.21 3.69 SINCE JAN 1 9.98 6.17 3.81 5.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1993 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 7.9 5.3 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 38.8 -5.5 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 17 -15 19 MONTH TO DATE 182 398 -216 346 SINCE MAR 1 1193 1394 -201 1193 SINCE JUL 1 6618 7335 -717 7003 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 4 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 4 SINCE JAN 1 2 0 2 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 68 500 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 21 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$