000 CDUS43 KDMX 260655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 25 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 97 348 PM 110 1936 86 11 75 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 54 1905 67 7 56 AVERAGE 86 77 9 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 0.89 1948 0.14 0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.58 3.34 -0.76 3.92 SINCE JUN 1 7.26 7.91 -0.65 6.38 SINCE JAN 1 21.39 20.17 1.22 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 1 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 22 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 21 12 9 1 MONTH TO DATE 359 284 75 205 SINCE JUN 1 654 503 151 347 SINCE JAN 1 710 576 134 462 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 80 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 93 1000 PM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 108 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 52 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT JULY 27 2005..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 837 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 25 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 99 154 PM 111 1936 86 13 75 MINIMUM 74 1159 PM 51 1933 67 7 56 AVERAGE 87 77 10 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.38 1992 0.14 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.46 3.63 -3.17 2.10 SINCE JUN 1 4.02 8.14 -4.12 5.24 SINCE JAN 1 14.58 20.49 -5.91 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 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 3 SINCE JUN 1 0 10 -10 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 22 12 10 1 MONTH TO DATE 309 290 19 180 SINCE JUN 1 577 523 54 309 SINCE JAN 1 615 613 2 425 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 35 200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 107 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1911 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT JULY 27 2005..........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$