000 CDUS43 KDMX 200652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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 85 346 PM 93 1975 73 12 75 MINIMUM 53 543 AM 35 1888 53 0 57 AVERAGE 69 63 6 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.14 1937 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 4.76 2.53 2.23 3.29 SINCE MAR 1 11.10 8.32 2.78 10.98 SINCE JAN 1 13.73 10.54 3.19 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 151 120 31 111 SINCE MAR 1 1214 1385 -171 1155 SINCE JUL 1 5612 6387 -775 6015 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 1 MONTH TO DATE 24 24 0 44 SINCE MAR 1 43 37 6 67 SINCE JAN 1 43 37 6 67 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 28 500 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 94 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 1892 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT MAY 21 2005...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 833 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 19 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 85 251 PM 90 1998 74 11 75 MINIMUM 53 501 AM 34 2002 54 -1 55 AVERAGE 69 64 5 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1898 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.42 2.74 -1.32 1.16 SINCE MAR 1 6.46 8.37 -1.91 6.85 SINCE JAN 1 9.83 10.53 -0.70 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 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 160 116 44 113 SINCE MAR 1 1316 1316 0 1171 SINCE JUL 1 5747 6103 -356 6035 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 3 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 34 -14 44 SINCE MAR 1 29 42 -13 70 SINCE JAN 1 29 42 -13 70 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 33 600 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 2002 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT MAY 21 2005...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL