000 CDUS43 KDMX 080835 CCA CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 332 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 83 138 PM 92 1966 69 14 68 MINIMUM 63 624 AM 28 1931 48 15 53 AVERAGE 73 59 14 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1962 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.91 -0.91 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 6.70 -0.36 7.72 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 8.92 0.05 10.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 0 7 -7 4 MONTH TO DATE 85 56 29 65 SINCE MAR 1 1148 1321 -173 1109 SINCE JUL 1 5546 6323 -777 5969 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 1 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 7 2 9 SINCE MAR 1 28 20 8 32 SINCE JAN 1 28 20 8 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 500 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1954 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2005...........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT MAY 9 2005...........SUNRISE 601 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 83 100 PM 95 1934 69 14 68 MINIMUM 59 1235 AM 26 1931 50 9 52 AVERAGE 71 60 11 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.32 1962 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.96 -0.96 T SINCE MAR 1 MM 6.59 MM 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 MM 8.75 MM 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 MM 5.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 MM 27.1 MM 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 5 MONTH TO DATE 98 54 44 67 SINCE MAR 1 1254 1254 0 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5685 6041 -356 5989 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 1 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 10 SINCE MAR 1 15 15 0 36 SINCE JAN 1 15 15 0 36 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 300 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 35 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT MAY 9 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. $$