000 CDUS43 KDMX 040707 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 206 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 58 433 PM 88 1949 68 -10 61 MINIMUM 30 412 AM 29 1907 47 -17 33 AVERAGE 44 57 -13 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1913 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.39 -0.39 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 6.18 0.16 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 8.40 0.57 10.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.2 1907 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 21 8 13 18 MONTH TO DATE 65 26 39 53 SINCE MAR 1 1128 1291 -163 1097 SINCE JUL 1 5526 6293 -767 5957 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 19 16 3 23 SINCE JAN 1 19 16 3 23 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 16 600 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 5 2005...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 817 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 3 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 57 400 PM 88 1949 68 -11 61 MINIMUM 24R 517 AM 29 2004 48 -24 29 AVERAGE 41 58 -17 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.08 1984 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.40 -0.40 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.04 6.03 -0.99 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 8.41 8.19 0.22 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 20 MONTH TO DATE 72 25 47 52 SINCE MAR 1 1228 1225 3 1110 SINCE JUL 1 5659 6012 -353 5974 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 9 11 -2 26 SINCE JAN 1 9 11 -2 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 21 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 31 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2005...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT MAY 5 2005...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$