000 CDUS43 KDMX 310641 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 30 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 88 225 PM 103 1955 86 2 79 MINIMUM 67 554 AM 47 1971 66 1 61 AVERAGE 78 76 2 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.12 1940 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.07 4.04 -0.97 4.06 SINCE JUN 1 7.75 8.61 -0.86 6.52 SINCE JAN 1 21.88 20.87 1.01 26.25 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 13 11 2 5 MONTH TO DATE 389 342 47 227 SINCE JUN 1 684 561 123 369 SINCE JAN 1 740 634 106 484 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 55 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 105 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 31 2005..........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT AUGUST 1 2005........SUNRISE 609 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 30 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 87 438 PM 105 1935 86 1 78 MINIMUM 67 551 AM 48 1971 67 0 64 AVERAGE 77 77 0 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.31 1959 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 1.96 4.32 -2.36 2.40 SINCE JUN 1 5.52 8.83 -3.31 5.54 SINCE JAN 1 16.08 21.18 -5.10 18.56 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 12 12 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 330 350 -20 194 SINCE JUN 1 598 583 15 323 SINCE JAN 1 636 673 -37 439 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) 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 93 200 AM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 104 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 47 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 31 2005..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT AUGUST 1 2005........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL