000 CDUS43 KDMX 180726 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 78 355 PM 90 1880 73 5 80 MINIMUM 54 542 AM 36 1915 52 2 60 AVERAGE 66 62 4 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.25 2004 0.14 -0.11 2.25 MONTH TO DATE 4.57 2.25 2.32 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 10.91 8.04 2.87 10.98 SINCE JAN 1 13.54 10.26 3.28 13.95 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 150 112 38 110 SINCE MAR 1 1213 1377 -164 1154 SINCE JUL 1 5611 6379 -768 6014 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 2 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 20 20 0 43 SINCE MAR 1 39 33 6 66 SINCE JAN 1 39 33 6 66 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 200 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 92 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 831 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 17 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 76 353 PM 90 1996 73 3 82 MINIMUM 54 529 AM 37 1935 54 0 60 AVERAGE 65 63 2 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.50 1900 0.15 -0.15 0.39 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 2.44 -1.19 0.92 SINCE MAR 1 6.29 8.07 -1.78 6.61 SINCE JAN 1 9.66 10.23 -0.57 9.02 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 159 108 51 110 SINCE MAR 1 1315 1308 7 1168 SINCE JUL 1 5746 6095 -349 6032 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 6 MONTH TO DATE 16 28 -12 44 SINCE MAR 1 25 36 -11 70 SINCE JAN 1 25 36 -11 70 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 72 800 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 92 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 548 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. $$