000 CDUS43 KDMX 291037 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 MM 89 1970 65 -11 87 MINIMUM 26 MM 25 1950 41 -15 50 AVERAGE 40 53 -13 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1896 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.67 2.99 -0.32 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.12 -1.29 5.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.01 -0.31 7.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1994 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 13 12 0 MONTH TO DATE 323 504 -181 448 SINCE MAR 1 1234 1450 -216 1218 SINCE JUL 1 6270 7090 -820 6577 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 4 5 -1 11 SINCE MAR 1 4 5 -1 11 SINCE JAN 1 4 5 -1 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 300 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 92 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 25 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 809 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 28 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 MM 92 1970 63 -11 88 MINIMUM 26 MM 25 1928 40 -14 52 AVERAGE 39 52 -13 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.32 1963 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.77 3.11 2.66 2.64 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 5.35 2.08 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 7.25 3.68 7.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1917 T 0.0 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 26 14 12 0 MONTH TO DATE 363 534 -171 484 SINCE MAR 1 1374 1530 -156 1331 SINCE JUL 1 6799 7471 -672 7141 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 9 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 9 SINCE JAN 1 2 0 2 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 500 AM LOWEST 30 500 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 90 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 22 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$