000 CDUS43 KDMX 280653 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 151 AM CDT THU APR 28 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 54 317 PM 89 1981 65 -11 64 MINIMUM 33 238 AM 24 1928 40 -7 31 AVERAGE 44 53 -9 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.90 2002 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.67 2.87 -0.20 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.00 -1.17 5.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 6.89 -0.19 7.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1979 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 21 13 8 17 MONTH TO DATE 298 491 -193 448 SINCE MAR 1 1209 1437 -228 1218 SINCE JUL 1 6245 7077 -832 6577 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 4 0 7 SINCE MAR 1 4 4 0 7 SINCE JAN 1 4 4 0 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 607 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 52 224 PM 87 1981 63 -11 68 MINIMUM 32 1141 PM 23 1934 40 -8 26 AVERAGE 42 51 -9 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1975 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.77 2.99 2.78 2.64 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 5.23 2.20 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 7.13 3.80 7.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.7 -2.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 13.2 8.7 4.5 2.0 SINCE JUL 1 33.3 39.6 -6.3 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 14 9 18 MONTH TO DATE 337 520 -183 484 SINCE MAR 1 1348 1516 -168 1331 SINCE JUL 1 6773 7457 -684 7141 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 92 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 25 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV