000 CDUS43 KDMX 030714 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 213 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 53 519 PM 90 1952 67 -14 54 MINIMUM 37 716 AM 30 1967 46 -9 36 AVERAGE 45 57 -12 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.74 1944 0.13 -0.13 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.26 -0.26 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 6.05 0.29 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 8.27 0.70 10.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1976 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM MM 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 9 11 20 MONTH TO DATE 44 18 26 35 SINCE MAR 1 1107 1283 -176 1079 SINCE JUL 1 5505 6285 -780 5939 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 19 15 4 23 SINCE JAN 1 19 15 4 23 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 78 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 AM LOWEST 29 700 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 29 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2005...........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 816 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 MAY 2 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 50 503 PM 89 1968 68 -18 58 MINIMUM 32 1132 PM 32 1970 48 -16 33 AVERAGE 41 58 -17 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.43 1993 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.26 -0.26 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.04 5.89 -0.85 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 8.41 8.05 0.36 8.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 5.6 -5.6 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 8 16 19 MONTH TO DATE 48 17 31 32 SINCE MAR 1 1204 1217 -13 1090 SINCE JUL 1 5635 6004 -369 5954 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 9 10 -1 26 SINCE JAN 1 9 10 -1 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 1100 PM LOWEST 45 600 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2005...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 4 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. $$