000 CDUS43 KDMX 300702 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 201 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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 1236 PM 92 1910 66 -12 73 MINIMUM 29 459 AM 25 1958 41 -12 53 AVERAGE 42 53 -11 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.83 1984 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.67 3.11 -0.44 1.48 SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.24 -1.41 5.48 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.13 -0.43 7.22 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1956 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 23 12 11 2 MONTH TO DATE 346 516 -170 450 SINCE MAR 1 1257 1462 -205 1220 SINCE JUL 1 6293 7102 -809 6579 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 6 -2 11 SINCE MAR 1 4 6 -2 11 SINCE JAN 1 4 6 -2 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 35 1100 AM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 90 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 1 2005...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 810 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 29 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 53 455 PM 90 1910 64 -11 70 MINIMUM 28 457 AM 22 1958 41 -13 43 AVERAGE 41 52 -11 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.83 1984 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.77 3.23 2.54 2.64 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 5.47 1.96 5.86 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 7.37 3.56 7.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 13.0 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 24 13 11 8 MONTH TO DATE 387 547 -160 492 SINCE MAR 1 1398 1543 -145 1339 SINCE JUL 1 6823 7484 -661 7149 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 88 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 24 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT MAY 1 2005...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$