000 CDUS43 KDMX 240645 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 75 309 PM 93 1921 75 0 69 MINIMUM 54 525 AM 31 1963 51 3 51 AVERAGE 65 63 2 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 1952 0.14 -0.14 0.85 MONTH TO DATE 3.10 2.97 0.13 8.28 SINCE MAR 1 6.93 8.33 -1.40 13.92 SINCE JAN 1 9.80 10.22 -0.42 15.66 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 0 4 -4 5 MONTH TO DATE 228 177 51 146 SINCE MAR 1 1509 1651 -142 1382 SINCE JUL 1 6545 7291 -746 6741 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 26 -12 38 SINCE MAR 1 18 33 -15 49 SINCE JAN 1 18 33 -15 49 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 500 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 94 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 34 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 835 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 23 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 75 334 PM 89 1975 73 2 64 1972 MINIMUM 52 447 AM 30 1931 50 2 47 AVERAGE 64 62 2 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.22 1981 0.15 -0.15 0.88 MONTH TO DATE 4.87 3.11 1.76 8.86 SINCE MAR 1 12.30 8.71 3.59 14.72 SINCE JAN 1 15.80 10.61 5.19 16.70 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 1 5 -4 9 MONTH TO DATE 228 197 31 186 SINCE MAR 1 1652 1753 -101 1541 SINCE JUL 1 7077 7694 -617 7351 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 23 -16 12 SINCE MAR 1 9 24 -15 21 SINCE JAN 1 9 24 -15 21 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 PM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 92 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 32 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT MAY 25 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. $$