000 CDUS43 KDMX 180648 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 305 PM 105 1988 83 -1 78 MINIMUM 58 328 AM 46 1962 60 -2 56 AVERAGE 70 71 -1 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.42 1938 0.13 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.30 2.31 -1.01 3.36 SINCE JUN 1 13.13 11.33 1.80 10.00 SINCE JAN 1 23.05 22.73 0.32 28.77 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 47 SINCE JUN 1 6 37 -31 113 SINCE JUL 1 3 8 -5 65 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 115 123 -8 58 SINCE JUN 1 626 552 74 360 SINCE JAN 1 644 606 38 417 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 100 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 110 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 43 1977 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 621 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. ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 203 PM 101 1988 81 1 77 MINIMUM 57 512 AM 43 1895 59 -2 56 AVERAGE 70 70 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.79 1921 0.15 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.37 2.53 -1.16 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 11.42 11.83 -0.41 13.53 SINCE JAN 1 26.67 23.67 3.00 33.26 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 15 -12 60 SINCE JUN 1 11 65 -54 156 SINCE JUL 1 8 28 -20 84 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 6 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 99 117 -18 40 SINCE JUN 1 580 505 75 251 SINCE JAN 1 589 548 41 274 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 99 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 623 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. $$