000 CDUS43 KDMX 020657 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 153 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 1 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 91 MM 101 1987 86 5 84 MINIMUM 70 MM 51 1898 66 4 64 AVERAGE 81 76 5 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.61 1972 0.14 -0.14 0.56 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.14 -0.14 0.56 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 8.89 -0.93 7.08 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 21.15 0.94 26.81 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 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 22 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 1 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 11 5 9 MONTH TO DATE 16 11 5 9 SINCE JUN 1 710 583 127 387 SINCE JAN 1 766 656 110 502 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 100 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 2 2005........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT AUGUST 3 2005........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 829 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 AUGUST 1 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 89 255 PM 102 1988 86 3 84 MINIMUM 67 1204 AM 49 1936 67 0 64 AVERAGE 78 77 1 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1921 0.13 -0.13 0.35 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.13 -0.13 0.35 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 9.09 -3.09 5.89 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 21.44 -4.88 18.91 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 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 12 1 9 MONTH TO DATE 13 12 1 9 SINCE JUN 1 616 607 9 339 SINCE JAN 1 654 697 -43 455 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 105 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 2 2005........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT AUGUST 3 2005........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$