000 CDUS43 KDMX 310708 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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 74 201 PM 105 1934 77 -3 77 MINIMUM 47 529 AM 40 1897 56 -9 59 AVERAGE 61 67 -6 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.52 1903 0.15 -0.15 0.38 MONTH TO DATE 5.17 4.10 1.07 8.70 SINCE MAR 1 11.51 9.89 1.62 16.39 SINCE JAN 1 14.14 12.11 2.03 19.36 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 4 2 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 181 151 30 127 SINCE MAR 1 1244 1416 -172 1171 SINCE JUL 1 5642 6418 -776 6031 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 3 MONTH TO DATE 36 56 -20 92 SINCE MAR 1 55 69 -14 115 SINCE JAN 1 55 69 -14 115 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 102 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 34 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 31 2005...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT JUNE 1 2005..........SUNRISE 543 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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 76 456 PM 102 1934 78 -2 78 MINIMUM 47 431 AM 39 1947 58 -11 60 AVERAGE 62 68 -6 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 2004 0.15 -0.15 1.62 MONTH TO DATE 1.92 4.41 -2.49 4.91 SINCE MAR 1 6.96 10.04 -3.08 10.60 SINCE JAN 1 10.58 12.20 -1.62 13.01 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 0.1 5.6 -5.5 9.4 SINCE JUL 1 9.2 27.1 -17.9 38.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 2 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 193 146 47 126 SINCE MAR 1 1349 1346 3 1184 SINCE JUL 1 5781 6133 -352 6048 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 26 77 -51 90 SINCE MAR 1 35 85 -50 116 SINCE JAN 1 35 85 -50 116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 36 500 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 103 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 40 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 31 2005...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT JUNE 1 2005..........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$