000 CDUS43 KDMX 230655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 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 62 137 PM 93 1980 64 -2 58 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 26 1986 42 1 45 AVERAGE 53 53 0 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.56 1950 0.13 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.69 2.54 2.15 3.58 SINCE MAR 1 6.30 4.75 1.55 7.06 SINCE JAN 1 8.93 6.97 1.96 10.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1992 0.1 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 6.3 -5.1 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 35.9 -16.1 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 12 0 13 MONTH TO DATE 136 355 -219 274 SINCE MAR 1 917 1181 -264 967 SINCE JUL 1 5315 6183 -868 5827 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 4 15 15 SINCE MAR 1 19 5 14 16 SINCE JAN 1 19 5 14 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 55 100 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 85 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 805 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 22 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 60 304 PM 89 1980 64 -4 59 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 25 1936 44 -3 42 AVERAGE 51 54 -3 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96 1.09 1948 0.12 0.84 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.91 2.29 1.62 0.69 SINCE MAR 1 4.78 4.64 0.14 5.32 SINCE JAN 1 8.15 6.80 1.35 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 14 11 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 174 332 -158 294 SINCE MAR 1 997 1121 -124 975 SINCE JUL 1 5428 5908 -480 5839 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 86 1960 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 26 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2005.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT APRIL 24 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. $$