000 CDUS43 KDMX 240647 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 83 MM 92 1939 75 8 71 MINIMUM 54 MM 32 1963 54 0 55 AVERAGE 69 64 5 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1914 0.14 -0.14 0.30 MONTH TO DATE 4.86 3.09 1.77 6.80 SINCE MAR 1 11.20 8.88 2.32 14.49 SINCE JAN 1 13.83 11.10 2.73 17.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2001 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 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 3 -3 2 MONTH TO DATE 156 134 22 113 SINCE MAR 1 1219 1399 -180 1157 SINCE JUL 1 5617 6401 -784 6017 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 3 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 34 33 1 74 SINCE MAR 1 53 46 7 97 SINCE JAN 1 53 46 7 97 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 600 AM LOWEST 24 500 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 97 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 36 1924 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 837 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 23 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 83 257 PM 93 1939 75 8 77 MINIMUM 51 424 AM 35 1931 56 -5 54 AVERAGE 67 65 2 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1995 0.15 -0.15 0.31 MONTH TO DATE 1.47 3.34 -1.87 2.20 SINCE MAR 1 6.51 8.97 -2.46 7.89 SINCE JAN 1 9.88 11.13 -1.25 10.30 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 171 129 42 113 SINCE MAR 1 1327 1329 -2 1171 SINCE JUL 1 5758 6116 -358 6035 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 4 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 26 47 -21 75 SINCE MAR 1 35 55 -20 101 SINCE JAN 1 35 55 -20 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 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 77 400 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 98 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2005...........SUNRISE 544 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$