000 CDUS43 KDMX 050643 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 81 217 PM 110 1918 86 -5 78 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 47 1894 66 2 67 AVERAGE 75 76 -1 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.30 1970 0.15 -0.15 0.03 MONTH TO DATE T 0.58 -0.58 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 9.33 -1.37 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 21.59 0.50 29.44 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 10 11 -1 8 MONTH TO DATE 65 44 21 44 SINCE JUN 1 759 616 143 422 SINCE JAN 1 815 689 126 537 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 700 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 108 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 47 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2005........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2005........SUNRISE 614 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 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 81 404 PM 109 1918 86 -5 78 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 50 1912 67 -2 63 AVERAGE 73 76 -3 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.16 1970 0.13 -0.13 0.09 MONTH TO DATE T 0.52 -0.52 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 9.48 -3.48 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 21.83 -5.27 22.37 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 8 11 -3 6 MONTH TO DATE 54 46 8 38 SINCE JUN 1 657 641 16 368 SINCE JAN 1 695 731 -36 484 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 54 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 101 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1994 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2005........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT AUGUST 6 2005........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV