000 CDUS43 KDMX 100654 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 9 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 75 431 PM 94 1895 70 5 81 MINIMUM 56 528 AM 32 1923 49 7 62 AVERAGE 66 59 7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.65 1996 0.13 -0.13 0.18 MONTH TO DATE T 1.17 -1.17 0.61 SINCE MAR 1 6.34 6.96 -0.62 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 8.97 9.18 -0.21 11.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1945 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 70 15 65 SINCE MAR 1 1148 1335 -187 1109 SINCE JUL 1 5546 6337 -791 5969 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 16 9 7 21 SINCE MAR 1 35 22 13 44 SINCE JAN 1 35 22 13 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 90 1911 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 823 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 9 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 77 350 PM 91 1934 70 7 84 MINIMUM 56 1149 PM 31 1947 51 5 63 AVERAGE 67 60 7 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.05 1950 0.14 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.10 1.24 -1.14 T SINCE MAR 1 5.14 6.87 -1.73 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 8.51 9.03 -0.52 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 0.0 5.6 -5.6 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 98 67 31 67 SINCE MAR 1 1254 1267 -13 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5685 6054 -369 5989 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 9 MONTH TO DATE 14 11 3 24 SINCE MAR 1 23 19 4 50 SINCE JAN 1 23 19 4 50 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 89 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CM