000 CDUS43 KDMX 280652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 151 AM CDT THU APR 28 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 60 304 PM 88 1989 66 -6 68 MINIMUM 40 620 AM 28 1950 44 -4 36 AVERAGE 50 55 -5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.64 1990 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.73 3.19 1.54 4.15 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 5.40 0.94 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 7.62 1.35 10.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1917 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 2.7 -2.7 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 6.8 -5.6 17.5 SINCE JUL 1 19.8 36.4 -16.6 58.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 10 5 13 MONTH TO DATE 224 410 -186 334 SINCE MAR 1 1005 1236 -231 1027 SINCE JUL 1 5403 6238 -835 5887 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 9 10 15 SINCE MAR 1 19 10 9 16 SINCE JAN 1 19 10 9 16 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 400 AM LOWEST 30 100 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 30 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 614 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 59 247 PM 86 1981 66 -7 65 MINIMUM 38 524 AM 25 1933 46 -8 32 AVERAGE 49 56 -7 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.84 2002 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.17 2.89 1.28 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 5.04 5.24 -0.20 5.52 SINCE JAN 1 8.41 7.40 1.01 7.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM T MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 1.9 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 5.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 10 6 16 MONTH TO DATE 271 384 -113 366 SINCE MAR 1 1094 1173 -79 1047 SINCE JUL 1 5525 5960 -435 5911 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 5 4 20 SINCE MAR 1 9 5 4 20 SINCE JAN 1 9 5 4 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 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 92 1200 AM LOWEST 35 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 90 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 28 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 29 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. $$ REV