000 CDUS43 KDMX 170702 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 70 439 PM 90 1939 72 -2 76 MINIMUM 42 526 AM 33 1890 51 -9 48 AVERAGE 56 62 -6 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1896 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.54 2.11 2.43 1.04 SINCE MAR 1 10.88 7.90 2.98 8.73 SINCE JAN 1 13.51 10.12 3.39 11.70 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 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 9 5 4 3 MONTH TO DATE 150 108 42 110 SINCE MAR 1 1213 1373 -160 1154 SINCE JUL 1 5611 6375 -764 6014 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 18 1 38 SINCE MAR 1 38 31 7 61 SINCE JAN 1 38 31 7 61 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 36 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 830 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 16 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 68 403 PM 91 1931 73 -5 76 MINIMUM 36R 513 AM 36 1929 53 -17 43 AVERAGE 52 63 -11 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1896 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 2.29 -1.04 0.53 SINCE MAR 1 6.29 7.92 -1.63 6.22 SINCE JAN 1 9.66 10.08 -0.42 8.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 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 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 5 MONTH TO DATE 159 104 55 110 SINCE MAR 1 1315 1304 11 1168 SINCE JUL 1 5746 6091 -345 6032 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 25 -9 38 SINCE MAR 1 25 33 -8 64 SINCE JAN 1 25 33 -8 64 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 37 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 549 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. $$