000 CDUS43 KDMX 120710 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 155 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 65 1056 AM 88 1922 70 -5 84 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 27 1925 46 4 50 AVERAGE 58 58 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.74 1.96 1966 0.13 0.61 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.15 1.36 -0.21 0.20 SINCE MAR 1 4.98 6.72 -1.74 5.84 SINCE JAN 1 7.85 8.61 -0.76 7.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1966 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 7 8 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 113 105 8 87 SINCE MAR 1 1394 1579 -185 1323 SINCE JUL 1 6430 7219 -789 6682 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 14 9 5 15 SINCE MAR 1 18 16 2 26 SINCE JAN 1 18 16 2 26 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 63 1200 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 89 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 550 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 60 1005 AM 88 1958 69 -9 84 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 25 1925 45 6 50 AVERAGE 56 57 -1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.13 1.50 1999 0.13 1.00 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 1.42 0.84 0.54 SINCE MAR 1 9.69 7.02 2.67 6.40 SINCE JAN 1 13.19 8.92 4.27 8.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 9 9 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 114 115 -1 96 SINCE MAR 1 1538 1671 -133 1451 SINCE JUL 1 6963 7612 -649 7261 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 6 7 -1 8 SINCE MAR 1 8 8 0 17 SINCE JAN 1 8 8 0 17 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 77 1000 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 90 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY