000 CDUS43 KDMX 130712 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 204 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 50 MM 89 1900 71 -21 80 MINIMUM 41 MM 30 1928 47 -6 60 AVERAGE 46 59 -13 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.17 1.21 1964 0.13 1.04 0.70 MONTH TO DATE 2.32 1.49 0.83 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 6.15 6.85 -0.70 6.54 SINCE JAN 1 9.02 8.74 0.28 8.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 19 8 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 132 113 19 87 SINCE MAR 1 1413 1587 -174 1323 SINCE JUL 1 6449 7227 -778 6682 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 14 10 4 20 SINCE MAR 1 18 17 1 31 SINCE JAN 1 18 17 1 31 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 AM LOWEST 66 100 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 14 2005...........SUNRISE 548 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 51 MM 90 1907 69 -18 74 MINIMUM 39 MM 26 1895 46 -7 51 AVERAGE 45 58 -13 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.11 1.84 1999 0.13 0.98 0.31 MONTH TO DATE 3.37 1.55 1.82 0.85 SINCE MAR 1 10.80 7.15 3.65 6.71 SINCE JAN 1 14.30 9.05 5.25 8.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM T MM 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 8 12 2 MONTH TO DATE 134 123 11 98 SINCE MAR 1 1558 1679 -121 1453 SINCE JUL 1 6983 7620 -637 7263 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 8 -2 8 SINCE MAR 1 8 9 -1 17 SINCE JAN 1 8 9 -1 17 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.2 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 1000 AM LOWEST 65 300 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT MAY 14 2005...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB