000 CDUS43 KDMX 220737 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 236 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 63 435 PM 93 1934 74 -11 76 MINIMUM 46 320 AM 33 1931 50 -4 60 AVERAGE 55 62 -7 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.42 2.08 2004 0.14 0.28 1.73 MONTH TO DATE 3.10 2.69 0.41 4.11 SINCE MAR 1 6.93 8.05 -1.12 9.75 SINCE JAN 1 9.80 9.94 -0.14 11.49 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 10 5 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 225 168 57 141 SINCE MAR 1 1506 1642 -136 1377 SINCE JUL 1 6542 7282 -740 6736 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 14 22 -8 35 SINCE MAR 1 18 29 -11 46 SINCE JAN 1 18 29 -11 46 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 75 300 PM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 101 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 540 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 67 537 PM 93 1970 73 -6 64 MINIMUM 49 354 AM 30 1895 49 0 57 AVERAGE 58 61 -3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.88 4.59 2004 0.14 0.74 3.41 MONTH TO DATE 4.87 2.81 2.06 6.20 SINCE MAR 1 12.30 8.41 3.89 12.06 SINCE JAN 1 15.80 10.31 5.49 14.04 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 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 7 6 1 4 MONTH TO DATE 225 186 39 177 SINCE MAR 1 1649 1742 -93 1532 SINCE JUL 1 7074 7683 -609 7342 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 19 -12 10 SINCE MAR 1 9 20 -11 19 SINCE JAN 1 9 20 -11 19 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 73 500 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 100 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 29 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2005...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 542 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL