000 CDUS43 KDMX 250654 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 151 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 24 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 96 259 PM 107 1901 86 10 68 MINIMUM 80 649 AM 52 1906 67 13 59 AVERAGE 88 77 11 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.45 1997 0.13 -0.13 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.30 3.20 -0.90 3.92 SINCE JUN 1 6.98 7.77 -0.79 6.38 SINCE JAN 1 21.11 20.03 1.08 26.11 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 1 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 22 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 23 12 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 338 272 66 204 SINCE JUN 1 633 491 142 346 SINCE JAN 1 689 564 125 461 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 91 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 52 1000 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 110 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 54 1905 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 839 PM CDT JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE 604 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. ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 24 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 99 406 PM 111 1934 87 12 67 MINIMUM 73 537 AM 52 2003 68 5 58 AVERAGE 86 77 9 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.96 1915 0.14 -0.14 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 3.49 -3.09 2.10 SINCE JUN 1 3.96 8.00 -4.04 5.24 SINCE JAN 1 14.52 20.35 -5.83 18.26 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 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 3 SINCE JUN 1 0 10 -10 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 12 9 0 MONTH TO DATE 287 278 9 179 SINCE JUN 1 555 511 44 308 SINCE JAN 1 593 601 -8 424 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 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 87 200 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 111 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB