000 CDUS43 KDMX 150653 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 55 148 PM 93 1988 72 -17 58 MINIMUM 43 520 AM 34 1888 51 -8 39 AVERAGE 49 61 -12 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.67 1909 0.14 -0.14 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 4.54 1.83 2.71 1.04 SINCE MAR 1 10.88 7.62 3.26 8.73 SINCE JAN 1 13.51 9.84 3.67 11.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1993 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 16 5 11 16 MONTH TO DATE 126 98 28 93 SINCE MAR 1 1189 1363 -174 1137 SINCE JUL 1 5587 6365 -778 5997 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 14 5 38 SINCE MAR 1 38 27 11 61 SINCE JAN 1 38 27 11 61 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 57 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 51 1200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 35 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE 554 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. ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 14 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 61 954 AM 92 1988 72 -11 58 MINIMUM 42 532 AM 37 1966 53 -11 39 AVERAGE 52 62 -10 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.90 1945 0.15 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 1.99 -0.74 0.53 SINCE MAR 1 6.29 7.62 -1.33 6.22 SINCE JAN 1 9.66 9.78 -0.12 8.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 16 MONTH TO DATE 130 94 36 90 SINCE MAR 1 1286 1294 -8 1148 SINCE JUL 1 5717 6081 -364 6012 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 21 -5 38 SINCE MAR 1 25 29 -4 64 SINCE JAN 1 25 29 -4 64 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 34 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 15 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB