000 CDUS43 KDMX 060718 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 218 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 74 233 PM 92 1909 68 6 80 MINIMUM 41 413 AM 29 1968 44 -3 32 AVERAGE 58 56 2 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.51 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.60 -0.60 T SINCE MAR 1 3.83 5.96 -2.13 5.64 SINCE JAN 1 6.70 7.85 -1.15 7.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1944 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 7 10 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 106 53 53 78 SINCE MAR 1 1387 1527 -140 1314 SINCE JUL 1 6423 7167 -744 6673 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 4 10 -6 11 SINCE JAN 1 4 10 -6 11 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 58 600 AM LOWEST 22 200 PM AVERAGE 40 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 99 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2005...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 7 2005...........SUNRISE 556 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 75 303 PM 91 1924 66 9 82 MINIMUM 45 144 AM 24 1900 43 2 32 AVERAGE 60 55 5 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.40 1982 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.64 -0.64 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 7.43 6.24 1.19 6.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.93 8.14 2.79 8.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.0 1944 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 5 11 -6 8 MONTH TO DATE 102 58 44 81 SINCE MAR 1 1526 1614 -88 1436 SINCE JUL 1 6951 7555 -604 7246 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 2 0 9 SINCE JAN 1 2 2 0 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 60 200 AM LOWEST 25 1200 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 95 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2005...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 7 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$