000 CDUS43 KDMX 250655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 76 509 PM 97 1939 75 1 70 MINIMUM 58 510 AM 36 1924 54 4 51 AVERAGE 67 65 2 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.62 1922 0.14 -0.14 1.19 MONTH TO DATE 4.86 3.23 1.63 7.99 SINCE MAR 1 11.20 9.02 2.18 15.68 SINCE JAN 1 13.83 11.24 2.59 18.65 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 1.2 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 156 137 19 117 SINCE MAR 1 1219 1402 -183 1161 SINCE JUL 1 5617 6404 -787 6021 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 3 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 36 36 0 74 SINCE MAR 1 55 49 6 97 SINCE JAN 1 55 49 6 97 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 400 AM LOWEST 38 500 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 98 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 34 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT MAY 26 2005...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 838 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 24 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 76 407 PM 98 1939 75 1 75 MINIMUM 53 432 AM 37 1931 56 -3 51 AVERAGE 65 66 -1 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.85 1907 0.15 -0.15 0.86 MONTH TO DATE 1.47 3.49 -2.02 3.06 SINCE MAR 1 6.51 9.12 -2.61 8.75 SINCE JAN 1 9.88 11.28 -1.40 11.16 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 MM 5.6 MM 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 7.0 27.1 -20.1 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 2 MONTH TO DATE 171 132 39 115 SINCE MAR 1 1327 1332 -5 1173 SINCE JUL 1 5758 6119 -361 6037 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 26 51 -25 75 SINCE MAR 1 35 59 -24 101 SINCE JAN 1 35 59 -24 101 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 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 83 400 AM LOWEST 38 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 93 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 32 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 25 2005...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT MAY 26 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. $$