000 CDUS43 KDMX 041033 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 445 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3 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 96 251 PM 105 1930 86 10 91 MINIMUM 78 208 AM 50 1927 66 12 69 AVERAGE 87 76 11 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.35 2004 0.15 -0.15 2.35 MONTH TO DATE T 0.43 -0.43 3.16 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 9.18 -1.22 9.68 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 21.44 0.65 29.41 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 22 11 11 15 MONTH TO DATE 55 33 22 36 SINCE JUN 1 749 605 144 414 SINCE JAN 1 805 678 127 529 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 74 1200 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 110 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 47 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2005........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2005........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 827 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 3 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 90 324 PM 108 1930 86 4 90 MINIMUM 74 1050 PM 49 1927 67 7 67 AVERAGE 82 76 6 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.64 1928 0.13 -0.13 2.19 MONTH TO DATE T 0.39 -0.39 3.72 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 9.35 -3.35 9.26 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 21.70 -5.14 22.28 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 17 11 6 14 MONTH TO DATE 46 35 11 32 SINCE JUN 1 649 630 19 362 SINCE JAN 1 687 720 -33 478 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 109 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 4 2005........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT AUGUST 5 2005........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$