000 CDUS43 KDMX 230652 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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 75 543 PM 101 1925 74 1 77 MINIMUM 48 511 AM 32 1963 51 -3 58 AVERAGE 62 63 -1 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.32 2004 0.14 -0.14 3.32 MONTH TO DATE 3.10 2.83 0.27 7.43 SINCE MAR 1 6.93 8.19 -1.26 13.07 SINCE JAN 1 9.80 10.08 -0.28 14.81 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 3 5 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 228 173 55 141 SINCE MAR 1 1509 1647 -138 1377 SINCE JUL 1 6545 7287 -742 6736 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 14 24 -10 38 SINCE MAR 1 18 31 -13 49 SINCE JAN 1 18 31 -13 49 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 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 38 1100 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 93 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 31 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 834 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 22 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 76 407 PM 100 1925 73 3 76 MINIMUM 50 504 AM 29 1931 50 0 58 AVERAGE 63 61 2 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.50 1898 0.15 -0.15 1.78 MONTH TO DATE 4.87 2.96 1.91 7.98 SINCE MAR 1 12.30 8.56 3.74 13.84 SINCE JAN 1 15.80 10.46 5.34 15.82 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 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 227 192 35 177 SINCE MAR 1 1651 1748 -97 1532 SINCE JUL 1 7076 7689 -613 7342 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 2 MONTH TO DATE 7 21 -14 12 SINCE MAR 1 9 22 -13 21 SINCE JAN 1 9 22 -13 21 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 89 1975 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 30 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2005...........SUNRISE 542 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL