000 CDUS43 KDMX 190701 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 70 545 PM 92 1934 73 -3 70 MINIMUM 58 1027 AM 35 1916 52 6 57 AVERAGE 64 63 1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 1.66 1944 0.14 0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.76 2.39 2.37 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 11.10 8.18 2.92 10.98 SINCE JAN 1 13.73 10.40 3.33 13.95 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1968 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 1 4 -3 1 MONTH TO DATE 151 116 35 111 SINCE MAR 1 1214 1381 -167 1155 SINCE JUL 1 5612 6383 -771 6015 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 22 -2 43 SINCE MAR 1 39 35 4 66 SINCE JAN 1 39 35 4 66 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 29 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAIL FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 100 PM LOWEST 52 1200 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 93 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 832 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 18 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 69 902 PM 92 1962 73 -4 65 MINIMUM 59 1052 AM 34 2002 54 5 58 AVERAGE 64 64 0 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 2.23 1927 0.15 0.02 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 1.42 2.59 -1.17 1.16 SINCE MAR 1 6.46 8.22 -1.76 6.85 SINCE JAN 1 9.83 10.38 -0.55 9.26 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 1 4 -3 3 MONTH TO DATE 160 112 48 113 SINCE MAR 1 1316 1312 4 1171 SINCE JUL 1 5747 6099 -352 6035 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 31 -15 44 SINCE MAR 1 25 39 -14 70 SINCE JAN 1 25 39 -14 70 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 56 800 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 90 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$