000 CDUS43 KDMX 090655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 80 212 PM 94 1934 70 10 86 MINIMUM 62 1159 PM 32 1954 48 14 53 AVERAGE 71 59 12 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.41 1950 0.13 -0.13 0.40 MONTH TO DATE T 1.04 -1.04 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 6.83 -0.49 8.12 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 9.05 -0.08 11.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1938 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 85 63 22 65 SINCE MAR 1 1148 1328 -180 1109 SINCE JUL 1 5546 6330 -784 5969 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 1 5 5 MONTH TO DATE 15 8 7 14 SINCE MAR 1 34 21 13 37 SINCE JAN 1 34 21 13 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 900 PM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 94 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2005...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 600 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 80 137 PM 92 1934 70 10 87 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 35 1980 50 11 52 AVERAGE 71 60 11 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.28 1996 0.14 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 1.10 -1.02 T SINCE MAR 1 MM 6.73 MM 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 MM 8.89 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 98 61 37 67 SINCE MAR 1 1254 1261 -7 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5685 6048 -363 5989 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 2 4 5 MONTH TO DATE 12 9 3 15 SINCE MAR 1 21 17 4 41 SINCE JAN 1 21 17 4 41 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 PM LOWEST 54 1000 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 31 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2005...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 557 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. $$