000 CDUS43 KDMX 030713 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 213 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 46 601 PM 91 1901 67 -21 52 MINIMUM 24R 1030 PM 27 1925 42 -18 32 AVERAGE 35 55 -20 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.40 1933 0.12 -0.12 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.24 -0.24 T SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.60 -1.77 5.64 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.49 -0.79 7.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1976 T MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 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 30 11 19 23 MONTH TO DATE 54 22 32 39 SINCE MAR 1 1335 1496 -161 1275 SINCE JUL 1 6371 7136 -765 6634 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 7 -3 11 SINCE JAN 1 4 7 -3 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 200 AM LOWEST 42 500 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 2004 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2005...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 600 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 49 453 PM 89 1965 65 -16 56 MINIMUM 26 1159 PM 25 1908 42 -16 31 AVERAGE 38 54 -16 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.36 2001 0.13 -0.13 0.18 MONTH TO DATE T 0.25 -0.25 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 5.85 1.58 6.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 7.75 3.18 8.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM T MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 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 27 12 15 21 MONTH TO DATE 54 24 30 41 SINCE MAR 1 1478 1580 -102 1396 SINCE JUL 1 6903 7521 -618 7206 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 1 1 9 SINCE JAN 1 2 1 1 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 25 600 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 91 1949 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 23 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2005...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$