000 CDUS43 KDMX 190649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 93 219 PM 108 1936 84 9 79 MINIMUM 72 340 AM 47 1897 64 8 59 AVERAGE 83 74 9 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.49 1999 0.15 -0.15 0.48 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 2.68 -1.68 3.76 SINCE JUN 1 8.96 11.43 -2.47 10.28 SINCE JAN 1 23.09 23.69 -0.60 30.01 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 20 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 42 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 21 COOLING YESTERDAY 18 9 9 4 MONTH TO DATE 208 183 25 80 SINCE JUN 1 902 755 147 458 SINCE JAN 1 958 828 130 573 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 700 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 101 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 49 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 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 18 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 90 414 PM 109 1936 84 6 81 MINIMUM 71 446 AM 50 1963 64 7 62 AVERAGE 81 74 7 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.88 2004 0.13 -0.09 1.88 MONTH TO DATE 2.39 2.34 0.05 5.70 SINCE JUN 1 8.39 11.30 -2.91 11.24 SINCE JAN 1 18.95 23.65 -4.70 24.26 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MM MM 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 MM 0.0 MM 0.0 SNOW DEPTH MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 39 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 81 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 42 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 9 7 7 MONTH TO DATE 170 192 -22 65 SINCE JUN 1 773 787 -14 395 SINCE JAN 1 811 877 -66 511 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 94 800 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 106 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY