000 CDUS43 KDMX 270642 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 26 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 74 309 AM 108 1936 86 -12 77 MINIMUM 61 1159 PM 52 1911 67 -6 56 AVERAGE 68 77 -9 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.49 2.32 1984 0.14 0.35 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.07 3.48 -0.41 3.92 SINCE JUN 1 7.75 8.05 -0.30 6.38 SINCE JAN 1 21.88 20.31 1.57 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 3 12 -9 2 MONTH TO DATE 362 296 66 207 SINCE JUN 1 657 515 142 349 SINCE JAN 1 713 588 125 464 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 48 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 61 500 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 106 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 53 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 27 2005..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 837 PM CDT JULY 28 2005..........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 836 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 26 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 74 209 AM 107 1936 86 -12 78 MINIMUM 58 1159 PM 50 1911 67 -9 54 AVERAGE 66 77 -11 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.50 1.51 1972 0.14 1.36 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.96 3.77 -1.81 2.10 SINCE JUN 1 5.52 8.28 -2.76 5.24 SINCE JAN 1 16.08 20.63 -4.55 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 1 12 -11 1 MONTH TO DATE 310 302 8 181 SINCE JUN 1 578 535 43 310 SINCE JAN 1 616 625 -9 426 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 78 700 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 108 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 51 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 27 2005..........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT JULY 28 2005..........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$