000 CDUS43 KDMX 110801 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 256 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 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 85 512 PM 90 1911 70 15 78 MINIMUM 51 544 AM 32 1966 49 2 65 AVERAGE 68 60 8 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.49 2.83 1912 0.13 0.36 T MONTH TO DATE 0.49 1.30 -0.81 0.61 SINCE MAR 1 6.83 7.09 -0.26 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 9.46 9.31 0.15 11.27 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1966 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 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 85 76 9 65 SINCE MAR 1 1148 1341 -193 1109 SINCE JUL 1 5546 6343 -797 5969 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 1 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 19 10 9 28 SINCE MAR 1 38 23 15 51 SINCE JAN 1 38 23 15 51 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 94 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 93 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 30 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 824 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 10 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 85 504 PM 89 1934 71 14 75 MINIMUM 49 534 AM 30 1966 51 -2 58 AVERAGE 67 61 6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.80 2001 0.15 -0.15 T MONTH TO DATE 0.10 1.39 -1.29 T SINCE MAR 1 5.14 7.02 -1.88 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 8.51 9.18 -0.67 8.10 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 MM 5.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 MM 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 98 73 25 67 SINCE MAR 1 1254 1273 -19 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5685 6060 -375 5989 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 16 13 3 26 SINCE MAR 1 25 21 4 52 SINCE JAN 1 25 21 4 52 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 11 2005...........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY