000 CDUS43 KDMX 240652 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 48 431 PM 89 1925 63 -15 65 MINIMUM 31 1159 PM 19 1927 39 -8 37 AVERAGE 40 51 -11 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.66 1948 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.59 2.39 0.20 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 3.75 4.52 -0.77 4.89 SINCE JAN 1 6.62 6.41 0.21 6.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1910 T 0.0 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 25 14 11 14 MONTH TO DATE 216 437 -221 382 SINCE MAR 1 1127 1383 -256 1152 SINCE JUL 1 6163 7023 -860 6511 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 500 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 90 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE 613 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 48 357 PM 90 1924 61 -13 66 MINIMUM 31 1154 PM 22 1967 38 -7 39 AVERAGE 40 50 -10 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1968 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.41 2.51 2.90 1.09 SINCE MAR 1 7.07 4.75 2.32 4.31 SINCE JAN 1 10.57 6.65 3.92 6.29 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1988 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.3 -2.3 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.3 4.9 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.2 -5.9 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 15 10 12 MONTH TO DATE 242 462 -220 412 SINCE MAR 1 1253 1458 -205 1259 SINCE JUL 1 6678 7399 -721 7069 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 89 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 22 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2005.........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT APRIL 25 2005.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$