000 CDUS43 KDMX 130658 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 76 1219 PM 101 1936 85 -9 69 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 48 2004 65 4 48 1964 AVERAGE 73 75 -2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.06 1932 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.78 -0.88 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 8.86 10.53 -1.67 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.99 22.79 0.20 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 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 15 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 37 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 16 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 10 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 160 127 33 63 SINCE JUN 1 854 699 155 441 SINCE JAN 1 910 772 138 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 56 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 68 600 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 99 1965 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 13 2005........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT AUGUST 14 2005........SUNRISE 623 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 12 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 81 320 PM 104 1936 85 -4 68 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 45 1931 65 4 47 AVERAGE 75 75 0 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.23 2.13 1943 0.13 1.10 T 2000 MONTH TO DATE 2.08 1.56 0.52 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 8.08 10.52 -2.44 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 18.64 22.87 -4.23 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 25 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 67 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 10 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 138 133 5 50 SINCE JUN 1 741 728 13 380 SINCE JAN 1 779 818 -39 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 69 300 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 106 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 2004 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 13 2005........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT AUGUST 14 2005........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$