000 CDUS43 KDMX 090650 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 79 250 PM 90 1934 69 10 86 MINIMUM 61 616 AM 28 1976 45 16 51 AVERAGE 70 57 13 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.47 2003 0.13 -0.05 0.14 1988 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 0.97 -0.56 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 4.24 6.33 -2.09 5.78 SINCE JAN 1 7.11 8.22 -1.11 7.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 0 9 -9 0 MONTH TO DATE 106 81 25 87 SINCE MAR 1 1387 1555 -168 1323 SINCE JUL 1 6423 7195 -772 6682 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 1 4 4 MONTH TO DATE 12 6 6 7 SINCE MAR 1 16 13 3 18 SINCE JAN 1 16 13 3 18 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 54 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 95 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 27 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2005...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 820 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 8 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 77 259 PM 91 1934 68 9 68 MINIMUM 58 738 PM 27 1925 44 14 47 AVERAGE 68 56 12 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.42 1.46 1927 0.13 0.29 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 1.13 1.03 0.10 0.42 SINCE MAR 1 8.56 6.63 1.93 6.28 SINCE JAN 1 12.06 8.53 3.53 8.26 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1938 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 0 10 -10 7 MONTH TO DATE 102 88 14 96 SINCE MAR 1 1526 1644 -118 1451 SINCE JUL 1 6951 7585 -634 7261 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 4 2 1 SINCE MAR 1 8 5 3 10 SINCE JAN 1 8 5 3 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1100 PM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 23 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2005...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$