000 CDUS43 KDMX 010643 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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 82 424 PM 105 1955 86 -4 85 MINIMUM 67 826 AM 49 1971 66 1 62 AVERAGE 75 76 -1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 1.79 1896 0.14 0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.28 4.18 -0.90 4.06 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 8.75 -0.79 6.52 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 21.01 1.08 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 10 11 -1 9 MONTH TO DATE 399 353 46 236 SINCE JUN 1 694 572 122 378 SINCE JAN 1 750 645 105 493 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 9 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 58 500 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 101 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 1 2005........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT AUGUST 2 2005........SUNRISE 610 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 31 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 73 147 PM 104 1988 86 -13 84 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 47 1936 67 0 60 AVERAGE 70 77 -7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.48 2.03 1896 0.13 0.35 0.00 2000 MONTH TO DATE 2.44 4.45 -2.01 2.40 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 8.96 -2.96 5.54 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 21.31 -4.75 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 3 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 12 -7 7 MONTH TO DATE 335 362 -27 201 SINCE JUN 1 603 595 8 330 SINCE JAN 1 641 685 -44 446 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 73 300 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 102 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 49 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 1 2005........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT AUGUST 2 2005........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL