000 CDUS43 KDMX 210659 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 74 324 PM 86 1987 63 11 64 MINIMUM 57 925 AM 21 1888 42 15 48 AVERAGE 66 52 14 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.80 2.64 2004 0.13 0.67 2.64 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 2.28 0.90 3.58 SINCE MAR 1 4.79 4.49 0.30 7.06 SINCE JAN 1 7.42 6.71 0.71 10.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.0 -2.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 6.1 -4.9 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.7 -15.9 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 13 -13 9 MONTH TO DATE 114 330 -216 252 SINCE MAR 1 895 1156 -261 945 SINCE JUL 1 5293 6158 -865 5805 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 2 17 15 SINCE MAR 1 19 3 16 16 SINCE JAN 1 19 3 16 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 64 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 91 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 624 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 76 322 PM 90 1987 63 13 70 MINIMUM 57 1159 PM 31 1956 43 14 47 AVERAGE 67 53 14 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 3.25 1905 0.11 -0.10 0.69 MONTH TO DATE 2.14 2.05 0.09 0.69 SINCE MAR 1 MM 4.40 MM 5.32 SINCE JAN 1 MM 6.56 MM 7.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.9 -1.9 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 5.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 MM 27.1 MM 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 12 -12 6 MONTH TO DATE 148 309 -161 268 SINCE MAR 1 971 1098 -127 949 SINCE JUL 1 5402 5885 -483 5813 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 20 SINCE MAR 1 9 0 9 20 SINCE JAN 1 9 0 9 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$