000 CDUS43 KDMX 080655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7 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 90 413 PM 100 1988 85 5 77 MINIMUM 61 526 AM 48 1989 66 -5 57 AVERAGE 76 76 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 1991 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.03 -1.03 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 9.78 -1.82 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 22.04 0.05 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 11 11 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 89 77 12 50 SINCE JUN 1 783 649 134 428 SINCE JAN 1 839 722 117 543 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 100 AM LOWEST 43 600 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 109 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 50 1904 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2005........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2005........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 822 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 7 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 89 405 PM 107 1934 85 4 76 MINIMUM 55 452 AM 49 1989 66 -11 52 AVERAGE 72 76 -4 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.48 1977 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.91 -0.91 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 9.87 -3.87 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 22.22 -5.66 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 4 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 46 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 7 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 11 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 72 79 -7 39 SINCE JUN 1 675 674 1 369 SINCE JAN 1 713 764 -51 485 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 27 300 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 115 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 48 1903 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 8 2005........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT AUGUST 9 2005........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV