000 CDUS43 KDMX 120713 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 155 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 70 1237 PM 93 2000 71 -1 81 MINIMUM 53 1159 PM 30 1946 50 3 61 AVERAGE 62 60 2 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.66 2.98 1923 0.13 1.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.15 1.43 0.72 0.61 SINCE MAR 1 8.49 7.22 1.27 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 11.12 9.44 1.68 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 3 6 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 88 82 6 65 SINCE MAR 1 1151 1347 -196 1109 SINCE JUL 1 5549 6349 -800 5969 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 19 11 8 34 SINCE MAR 1 38 24 14 57 SINCE JAN 1 38 24 14 57 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 76 100 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 32 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 825 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 11 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 76 1237 PM 91 1926 71 5 84 MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 34 1981 51 -1 56 AVERAGE 63 61 2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.55 2.13 2002 0.15 0.40 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 1.54 -0.89 T SINCE MAR 1 5.69 7.17 -1.48 5.69 SINCE JAN 1 9.06 9.33 -0.27 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 0.0 5.6 -5.6 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 100 79 21 67 SINCE MAR 1 1256 1279 -23 1125 SINCE JUL 1 5687 6066 -379 5989 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 16 15 1 31 SINCE MAR 1 25 23 2 57 SINCE JAN 1 25 23 2 57 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 60 1200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2005...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY