000 CDUS43 KDMX 050838 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 338 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 66 503 PM 93 1918 68 -2 73 MINIMUM 25 513 AM 22 1907 43 -18 40 AVERAGE 46 55 -9 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1913 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.48 -0.48 T SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.84 -2.01 5.64 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.73 -1.03 7.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1935 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 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 19 10 9 8 MONTH TO DATE 99 43 56 69 SINCE MAR 1 1380 1517 -137 1305 SINCE JUL 1 6416 7157 -741 6664 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 9 -5 11 SINCE JAN 1 4 9 -5 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 19 1200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT MAY 6 2005...........SUNRISE 558 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. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 69 357 PM 90 1918 66 3 68 MINIMUM 26 423 AM 24 1910 43 -17 39 AVERAGE 48 54 -6 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.21 2003 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.51 -0.51 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 6.11 1.32 6.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 8.01 2.92 8.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 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 17 11 6 11 MONTH TO DATE 97 47 50 73 SINCE MAR 1 1521 1603 -82 1428 SINCE JUL 1 6946 7544 -598 7238 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 400 AM LOWEST 19 1000 AM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1900 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2005...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 6 2005...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$