000 CDUS43 KDMX 241059 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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 98 326 PM 103 1941 87 11 77 MINIMUM 76 540 AM 52 1887 67 9 66 AVERAGE 87 77 10 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.03 1896 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.30 3.07 -0.77 3.89 SINCE JUN 1 6.98 7.64 -0.66 6.35 SINCE JAN 1 21.11 19.90 1.21 26.08 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 22 12 10 7 MONTH TO DATE 315 260 55 204 SINCE JUN 1 610 479 131 346 SINCE JAN 1 666 552 114 461 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 300 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1901 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 52 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 24 2005..........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 839 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 23 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 99 429 PM 108 1934 87 12 76 MINIMUM 75 549 AM 52 1947 68 7 66 AVERAGE 87 77 10 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.29 1896 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 3.35 -2.95 2.00 SINCE JUN 1 3.96 7.86 -3.90 5.14 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 20.21 -5.69 18.16 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 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 22 12 10 6 MONTH TO DATE 266 266 0 179 SINCE JUN 1 534 499 35 308 SINCE JAN 1 572 589 -17 424 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 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 87 400 AM LOWEST 39 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 111 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 52 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 24 2005..........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$