000 CDUS43 KDMX 220859 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 21 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 93 339 PM 107 1934 87 6 87 MINIMUM 72 557 AM 51 1947 67 5 74 AVERAGE 83 77 6 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 2.33 1933 0.13 0.10 0.21 MONTH TO DATE 2.26 2.81 -0.55 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.94 7.38 -0.44 6.27 SINCE JAN 1 21.07 19.64 1.43 26.00 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 18 12 6 16 MONTH TO DATE 274 236 38 187 SINCE JUN 1 569 455 114 329 SINCE JAN 1 625 528 97 444 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 52 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 84 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 63 700 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 109 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 22 2005..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT JULY 23 2005..........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 841 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 21 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 97 349 PM 110 1934 87 10 84 MINIMUM 74 652 AM 47 1944 68 6 73 AVERAGE 86 77 9 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.52 1978 0.14 -0.14 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 3.07 -2.67 1.50 SINCE JUN 1 3.96 7.58 -3.62 4.64 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 19.93 -5.41 17.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 21 12 9 14 MONTH TO DATE 226 242 -16 164 SINCE JUN 1 494 475 19 293 SINCE JAN 1 532 565 -33 409 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 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 85 1200 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 108 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 46 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 22 2005..........SUNRISE 556 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT JULY 23 2005..........SUNRISE 557 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$