000 CDUS43 KDMX 220645 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 59 247 PM 91 1980 64 -5 63 MINIMUM 50 812 AM 24 1966 42 8 48 AVERAGE 55 53 2 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.43 1.66 1984 0.13 1.30 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.61 2.41 2.20 3.58 SINCE MAR 1 6.22 4.62 1.60 7.06 SINCE JAN 1 8.85 6.84 2.01 10.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1918 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.1 -2.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 6.2 -5.0 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.8 -16.0 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 13 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 124 343 -219 261 SINCE MAR 1 905 1169 -264 954 SINCE JUL 1 5303 6171 -868 5814 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 3 16 15 SINCE MAR 1 19 4 15 16 SINCE JAN 1 19 4 15 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 21 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 80 200 PM AVERAGE 90 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 93 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 26 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 622 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. ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 57 1230 AM 89 1980 64 -7 62 MINIMUM 49 722 AM 25 1934 44 5 44 AVERAGE 53 54 -1 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 1.38 1972 0.12 0.69 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.95 2.17 0.78 0.69 SINCE MAR 1 3.82 4.52 -0.70 5.32 SINCE JAN 1 7.19 6.68 0.51 7.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM T MM 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 12 12 0 12 MONTH TO DATE 160 321 -161 280 SINCE MAR 1 983 1110 -127 961 SINCE JUL 1 5414 5897 -483 5825 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 PM LOWEST 71 500 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$