000 CDUS43 KDMX 161043 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 81 319 PM 104 1988 84 -3 76 MINIMUM 60 542 AM 49 1929 65 -5 51 AVERAGE 71 74 -3 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.43 1906 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 2.23 -1.23 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 8.96 10.98 -2.02 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 23.09 23.24 -0.15 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 20 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 21 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 9 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 171 156 15 63 SINCE JUN 1 865 728 137 441 SINCE JAN 1 921 801 120 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 108 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 52 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 811 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 15 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 80 414 PM 105 1936 84 -4 75 MINIMUM 56 344 AM 45 2004 65 -9 45 AVERAGE 68 75 -7 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1902 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.95 0.40 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 8.35 10.91 -2.56 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 18.91 23.26 -4.35 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 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 39 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 81 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 42 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 10 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 143 163 -20 50 SINCE JUN 1 746 758 -12 380 SINCE JAN 1 784 848 -64 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 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 100 300 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 106 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 51 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$