000 CDUS43 KDMX 210701 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 71 132 PM 89 1987 62 9 55 MINIMUM 54 1159 PM 24 1956 37 17 36 AVERAGE 63 50 13 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.65 1979 0.11 -0.07 0.65 MONTH TO DATE 1.43 2.05 -0.62 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 2.59 4.18 -1.59 4.89 SINCE JAN 1 5.46 6.07 -0.61 6.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1993 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.0 -2.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 6.8 -5.1 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 34.7 -14.5 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 16 -14 19 MONTH TO DATE 164 393 -229 334 SINCE MAR 1 1075 1339 -264 1104 SINCE JUL 1 6111 6979 -868 6463 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 68 300 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 22 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 617 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 64 203 PM 85 1985 60 4 51 MINIMUM 52 1259 AM 21 1928 37 15 33 AVERAGE 58 48 10 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.70 1977 0.12 -0.12 0.62 MONTH TO DATE 4.82 2.15 2.67 1.09 SINCE MAR 1 6.48 4.39 2.09 4.31 SINCE JAN 1 9.98 6.29 3.69 6.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.8 1993 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.0 -2.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.0 5.2 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 38.9 -5.6 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 17 -10 23 MONTH TO DATE 189 415 -226 369 SINCE MAR 1 1200 1411 -211 1216 SINCE JUL 1 6625 7352 -727 7026 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 78 200 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 19 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$