000 CDUS43 KDMX 260653 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 62 1136 AM 90 1949 64 -2 59 MINIMUM 32 1155 PM 21 1934 39 -7 45 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.30 1953 0.12 -0.06 0.29 MONTH TO DATE 2.65 2.63 0.02 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 3.81 4.76 -0.95 5.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.68 6.65 0.03 7.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1976 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 18 14 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 255 465 -210 413 SINCE MAR 1 1166 1411 -245 1183 SINCE JUL 1 6202 7051 -849 6542 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 2 2 7 SINCE MAR 1 4 2 2 7 SINCE JAN 1 4 2 2 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 200 PM LOWEST 39 1100 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 85 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 610 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 53 955 AM 89 1949 62 -9 60 MINIMUM 37 216 AM 18 1934 39 -2 40 AVERAGE 45 51 -6 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 1.48 1994 0.12 0.03 1.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.56 2.75 2.81 2.64 SINCE MAR 1 7.22 4.99 2.23 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 10.72 6.89 3.83 7.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.5 -2.5 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.5 4.7 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.4 -6.1 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 15 5 15 MONTH TO DATE 290 492 -202 446 SINCE MAR 1 1301 1488 -187 1293 SINCE JUL 1 6726 7429 -703 7103 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 PM LOWEST 44 800 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV