000 CDUS43 KDMX 260659 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 70 447 PM 92 1967 76 -6 66 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 29 1925 52 -1 47 AVERAGE 61 64 -3 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.31 1904 0.14 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.14 3.25 -0.11 9.34 SINCE MAR 1 6.97 8.61 -1.64 14.98 SINCE JAN 1 9.84 10.50 -0.66 16.72 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 4 4 0 8 MONTH TO DATE 235 185 50 161 SINCE MAR 1 1516 1659 -143 1397 SINCE JUL 1 6552 7299 -747 6756 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 30 -16 38 SINCE MAR 1 18 37 -19 49 SINCE JAN 1 18 37 -19 49 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 900 PM LOWEST 47 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 94 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 33 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 26 2005...........SUNRISE 538 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT MAY 27 2005...........SUNRISE 537 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 70 210 PM 94 1978 74 -4 62 MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 29 1925 51 -4 42 AVERAGE 59 62 -3 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.39 2.08 1904 0.15 0.24 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.26 3.41 1.85 9.19 SINCE MAR 1 12.69 9.01 3.68 15.05 SINCE JAN 1 16.19 10.91 5.28 17.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 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 6 5 1 13 MONTH TO DATE 237 207 30 210 SINCE MAR 1 1661 1763 -102 1565 SINCE JUL 1 7086 7704 -618 7375 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 27 -20 12 SINCE MAR 1 9 28 -19 21 SINCE JAN 1 9 28 -19 21 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 PM LOWEST 63 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 93 1967 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 31 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 26 2005...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT MAY 27 2005...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$