000 CDUS43 KDMX 060640 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 139 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 81 231 PM 108 1934 86 -5 76 MINIMUM 62 547 AM 47 1889 66 -4 61 AVERAGE 72 76 -4 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.34 1972 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.73 -0.73 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 9.48 -1.52 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 21.74 0.35 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 7 11 -4 4 MONTH TO DATE 72 55 17 48 SINCE JUN 1 766 627 139 426 SINCE JAN 1 822 700 122 541 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 36 1100 AM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 101 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 53 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2005........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2005........SUNRISE 615 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 82 152 PM 101 1934 86 -4 75 MINIMUM 61 1151 PM 50 1994 67 -6 57 AVERAGE 72 76 -4 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.45 1982 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.65 -0.65 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 9.61 -3.61 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 21.96 -5.40 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 7 11 -4 1 MONTH TO DATE 61 57 4 39 SINCE JUN 1 664 652 12 369 SINCE JAN 1 702 742 -40 485 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 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 87 1200 AM LOWEST 36 1200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 111 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 45 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 6 2005........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT AUGUST 7 2005........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV