000 CDUS43 KDMX 200652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 91 308 PM 101 1983 84 7 69 MINIMUM 69 636 AM 49 1950 64 5 50 AVERAGE 80 74 6 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 1.03 1979 0.15 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 2.83 -1.79 3.76 SINCE JUN 1 9.00 11.58 -2.58 10.28 SINCE JAN 1 23.13 23.84 -0.71 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 5 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 25 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 47 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 26 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 9 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 223 192 31 80 SINCE JUN 1 917 764 153 458 SINCE JAN 1 973 837 136 573 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 81 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 200 AM LOWEST 59 1200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 40 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE 630 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 OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 87 146 PM 106 1913 84 3 67 MINIMUM 65 535 AM 48 1950 64 1 51 AVERAGE 76 74 2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.17 1.38 1949 0.13 0.04 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 2.56 2.47 0.09 5.72 SINCE JUN 1 8.56 11.43 -2.87 11.26 SINCE JAN 1 19.12 23.78 -4.66 24.28 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 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 45 SINCE JUN 1 0 12 -12 87 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 48 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 181 201 -20 65 SINCE JUN 1 784 796 -12 395 SINCE JAN 1 822 886 -64 511 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 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 100 400 AM LOWEST 68 100 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 103 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 41 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2005........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY