000 CDUS43 KDMX 110700 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10 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 86 449 PM 102 1911 85 1 70 MINIMUM 71 559 AM 50 1917 65 6 56 AVERAGE 79 75 4 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.26 2.75 1939 0.15 0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.26 1.48 -1.22 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 8.22 10.23 -2.01 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.35 22.49 -0.14 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 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 2 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 24 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 10 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 137 107 30 63 SINCE JUN 1 831 679 152 441 SINCE JAN 1 887 752 135 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 102 1881 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 50 2004 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 11 2005........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT AUGUST 12 2005........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 818 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 10 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 90 300 PM 108 1934 85 5 66 MINIMUM 69 519 AM 48 1903 66 3 50 AVERAGE 80 76 4 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.70 1921 0.13 -0.13 0.00 2000 MONTH TO DATE T 1.30 -1.30 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.00 10.26 -4.26 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.56 22.61 -6.05 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 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 11 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 53 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 14 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 11 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 114 112 2 50 SINCE JUN 1 717 707 10 380 SINCE JAN 1 755 797 -42 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 103 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 50 2004 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 11 2005........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT AUGUST 12 2005........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$