000 CDUS43 KDMX 180647 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 17 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 95 401 PM 104 1936 86 9 80 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 49 1911 66 3 65 AVERAGE 82 76 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.66 3.30 1996 0.13 0.53 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 2.29 -0.65 3.60 SINCE JUN 1 6.32 6.86 -0.54 6.06 SINCE JAN 1 20.46 19.12 1.34 25.79 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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 21 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 17 12 5 8 MONTH TO DATE 214 188 26 138 SINCE JUN 1 509 407 102 280 SINCE JAN 1 565 480 85 395 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 45 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 55 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 55 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2005..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT JULY 19 2005..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 844 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 JULY 17 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 94 343 PM 107 1936 87 7 80 MINIMUM 71 438 AM 50 1911 67 4 62 AVERAGE 83 77 6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1946 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 2.51 -2.30 1.47 SINCE JUN 1 3.77 7.02 -3.25 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 14.35 19.37 -5.02 17.63 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 JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1 SINCE JUN 1 0 10 -10 40 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 18 12 6 6 MONTH TO DATE 167 194 -27 125 SINCE JUN 1 435 427 8 254 SINCE JAN 1 473 517 -44 370 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 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 90 400 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 101 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 53 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 18 2005..........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT JULY 19 2005..........SUNRISE 554 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. $$