000 CDUS43 KDMX 230655 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 64 233 PM 100 1980 63 1 61 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 20 1986 38 0 35 AVERAGE 51 50 1 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.15 2.11 1968 0.11 1.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.59 2.27 0.32 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 3.75 4.40 -0.65 4.89 SINCE JAN 1 6.62 6.29 0.33 6.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 1.3 1984 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.7 7.0 -5.3 3.6 SINCE JUL 1 20.2 34.9 -14.7 25.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 15 -1 17 MONTH TO DATE 191 423 -232 368 SINCE MAR 1 1102 1369 -267 1138 SINCE JUL 1 6138 7009 -871 6497 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM 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 46 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 89 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 614 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 61 205 PM 93 1980 60 1 60 MINIMUM 37 1004 PM 21 1936 38 -1 37 AVERAGE 49 49 0 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.58 1.76 1999 0.12 0.46 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.41 2.39 3.02 1.09 SINCE MAR 1 7.07 4.63 2.44 4.31 SINCE JAN 1 10.57 6.53 4.04 6.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 3.4 1984 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.2 5.0 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.1 -5.8 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 16 0 16 MONTH TO DATE 217 447 -230 400 SINCE MAR 1 1228 1443 -215 1247 SINCE JUL 1 6653 7384 -731 7057 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 49 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 90 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 22 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$