000 CDUS43 KDMX 100655 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 74 107 PM 95 1934 70 4 84 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 27 1945 45 13 57 AVERAGE 66 58 8 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.42 1996 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 1.10 -0.69 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 4.24 6.46 -2.22 5.78 SINCE JAN 1 7.11 8.35 -1.24 7.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1905 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 8 -8 0 MONTH TO DATE 106 89 17 87 SINCE MAR 1 1387 1563 -176 1323 SINCE JUL 1 6423 7203 -780 6682 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 13 7 6 13 SINCE MAR 1 17 14 3 24 SINCE JAN 1 17 14 3 24 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 49 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 29 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 552 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 70 1214 PM 91 1895 68 2 84 MINIMUM 56 1159 PM 23 1945 45 11 54 AVERAGE 63 56 7 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.46 1963 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.13 1.16 -0.03 0.42 SINCE MAR 1 8.56 6.76 1.80 6.28 SINCE JAN 1 12.06 8.66 3.40 8.26 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1945 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 2 9 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 104 97 7 96 SINCE MAR 1 1528 1653 -125 1451 SINCE JUL 1 6953 7594 -641 7261 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 6 5 1 5 SINCE MAR 1 8 6 2 14 SINCE JAN 1 8 6 2 14 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 63 200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 25 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CM