000 CDUS43 KDMX 170702 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 58 603 PM 92 1936 72 -14 76 MINIMUM 32 530 AM 30 1929 48 -16 47 AVERAGE 45 60 -15 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.45 1999 0.13 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.38 2.01 0.37 1.92 SINCE MAR 1 6.21 7.37 -1.16 7.56 SINCE JAN 1 9.08 9.26 -0.18 9.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 20 6 14 3 MONTH TO DATE 202 140 62 136 SINCE MAR 1 1483 1614 -131 1372 SINCE JUL 1 6519 7254 -735 6731 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 14 0 20 SINCE MAR 1 18 21 -3 31 SINCE JAN 1 18 21 -3 31 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 59 900 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 545 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 545 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 60 514 PM 91 1936 71 -11 76 MINIMUM 38 402 AM 26 1921 47 -9 43 AVERAGE 49 59 -10 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.18 1992 0.14 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.50 2.11 1.39 2.59 SINCE MAR 1 10.93 7.71 3.22 8.45 SINCE JAN 1 14.43 9.61 4.82 10.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1992 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 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 16 7 9 5 MONTH TO DATE 182 154 28 160 SINCE MAR 1 1606 1710 -104 1515 SINCE JUL 1 7031 7651 -620 7325 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 6 12 -6 8 SINCE MAR 1 8 13 -5 17 SINCE JAN 1 8 13 -5 17 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 56 800 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 28 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$