000 CDUS43 KDMX 150655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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 77 259 PM 104 1988 84 -7 74 MINIMUM 58 458 AM 51 1994 65 -7 56 AVERAGE 68 75 -7 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.51 1908 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 2.08 -1.08 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 8.96 10.83 -1.87 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 23.09 23.09 0.00 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 19 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 41 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 20 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 10 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 165 147 18 63 SINCE JUN 1 859 719 140 441 SINCE JAN 1 915 792 123 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 1100 PM LOWEST 53 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 49 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 15 2005........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE 625 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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 76 411 PM 109 1936 84 -8 73 MINIMUM 56 544 AM 49 2004 65 -9 49 2002 2001 AVERAGE 66 75 -9 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.75 1898 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.82 0.53 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 8.35 10.78 -2.43 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 18.91 23.13 -4.22 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 34 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 76 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 37 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 10 -9 0 MONTH TO DATE 140 153 -13 50 SINCE JUN 1 743 748 -5 380 SINCE JAN 1 781 838 -57 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 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 1200 AM LOWEST 50 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 105 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 2004 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 15 2005........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$