000 CDUS43 KDMX 090701 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 93 250 PM 109 1934 85 8 81 MINIMUM 68 602 AM 50 1904 66 2 63 AVERAGE 81 76 5 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.78 1968 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.18 -1.18 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 7.96 9.93 -1.97 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.09 22.19 -0.10 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 16 10 6 7 MONTH TO DATE 105 87 18 57 SINCE JUN 1 799 659 140 435 SINCE JAN 1 855 732 123 550 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 600 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 106 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 46 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2005........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2005........SUNRISE 618 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 92 415 PM 115 1934 85 7 81 MINIMUM 61 446 AM 48 1903 66 -5 60 AVERAGE 77 76 1 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1939 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 1.04 -1.04 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 10.00 -4.00 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 22.35 -5.79 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 4 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 46 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 7 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 11 1 6 MONTH TO DATE 84 90 -6 45 SINCE JUN 1 687 685 2 375 SINCE JAN 1 725 775 -50 491 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 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 93 300 AM LOWEST 38 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 113 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 47 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2005........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2005........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$