000 CDUS43 KDMX 291036 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 50 330 PM 91 1910 66 -16 85 MINIMUM 40 548 AM 30 1950 45 -5 58 AVERAGE 45 55 -10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.80 1974 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.73 3.32 1.41 4.15 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 5.53 0.81 7.63 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 7.75 1.22 10.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.2 1950 T 0.0 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 20 10 10 0 MONTH TO DATE 244 420 -176 334 SINCE MAR 1 1025 1246 -221 1027 SINCE JUL 1 5423 6248 -825 5887 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 19 10 9 22 SINCE MAR 1 19 11 8 23 SINCE JAN 1 19 11 8 23 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 83 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 1200 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 92 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 812 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 28 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 50 MM 90 1970 66 -16 87 MINIMUM 39 MM 28 1928 46 -7 53 AVERAGE 45 56 -11 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.99 1981 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.17 3.02 1.15 0.89 SINCE MAR 1 5.04 5.37 -0.33 5.52 SINCE JAN 1 8.41 7.53 0.88 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 MM 27.1 MM 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 9 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 291 393 -102 366 SINCE MAR 1 1114 1182 -68 1047 SINCE JUL 1 5545 5969 -424 5911 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 9 6 3 25 SINCE MAR 1 9 6 3 25 SINCE JAN 1 9 6 3 25 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 28 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 609 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. $$