000 CDUS43 KDMX 270652 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 147 AM CDT WED APR 27 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 50 406 PM 85 1986 64 -14 57 MINIMUM 36 533 AM 23 1907 40 -4 36 AVERAGE 43 52 -9 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.47 1969 0.12 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.67 2.75 -0.08 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 3.83 4.88 -1.05 5.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 6.77 -0.07 7.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1967 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 22 13 9 18 MONTH TO DATE 277 478 -201 431 SINCE MAR 1 1188 1424 -236 1201 SINCE JUL 1 6224 7064 -840 6560 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 3 1 7 SINCE MAR 1 4 3 1 7 SINCE JAN 1 4 3 1 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 56 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 24 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 806 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 26 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 47 1249 PM 87 1962 62 -15 56 MINIMUM 35 1150 PM 23 2002 40 -5 33 AVERAGE 41 51 -10 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 2.14 1988 0.12 0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.77 2.87 2.90 2.64 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 5.11 2.32 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 7.01 3.92 7.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.6 1988 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.6 -2.6 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.6 4.6 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.5 -6.2 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 14 10 20 MONTH TO DATE 314 506 -192 466 SINCE MAR 1 1325 1502 -177 1313 SINCE JUL 1 6750 7443 -693 7123 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 NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 67 800 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2005.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV