000 CDUS43 KDMX 210643 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 88 347 PM 100 1983 83 5 74 MINIMUM 72 703 AM 40 1950 63 9 54 AVERAGE 80 73 7 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1891 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 2.98 -1.94 3.76 SINCE JUN 1 9.00 11.73 -2.73 10.28 SINCE JAN 1 23.13 23.99 -0.86 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 26 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 48 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 27 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 9 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 238 201 37 80 SINCE JUN 1 932 773 159 458 SINCE JAN 1 988 846 142 573 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 43 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 102 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 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 20 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 85 445 PM 103 1947 83 2 73 MINIMUM 67 1159 PM 41 1950 64 3 55 AVERAGE 76 74 2 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.62 3.63 1969 0.13 0.49 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 2.60 0.58 5.78 SINCE JUN 1 9.18 11.56 -2.38 11.32 SINCE JAN 1 19.74 23.91 -4.17 24.34 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 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 46 SINCE JUN 1 0 13 -13 88 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 49 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 9 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 192 210 -18 65 SINCE JUN 1 795 805 -10 395 SINCE JAN 1 833 895 -62 511 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 104 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 48 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2005........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY