000 CDUS43 KDMX 220644 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 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 86 359 PM 102 1936 83 3 75 MINIMUM 68 619 AM 47 1950 63 5 53 AVERAGE 77 73 4 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.92 1946 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.04 3.13 -2.09 3.76 SINCE JUN 1 9.00 11.88 -2.88 10.28 SINCE JAN 1 23.13 24.14 -1.01 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 27 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 49 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 9 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 250 210 40 80 SINCE JUN 1 944 782 162 458 SINCE JAN 1 1000 855 145 573 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 82 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 53 900 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 98 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 48 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2005........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 802 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 21 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 84 237 PM 104 1936 83 1 74 MINIMUM 66 537 AM 48 1950 64 2 51 AVERAGE 75 73 2 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1955 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 2.73 0.45 5.78 SINCE JUN 1 9.18 11.69 -2.51 11.32 SINCE JAN 1 19.74 24.04 -4.30 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 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 14 -14 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 9 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 202 219 -17 65 SINCE JUN 1 805 814 -9 395 SINCE JAN 1 843 904 -61 511 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 60 1000 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 104 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 44 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 22 2005........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT AUGUST 23 2005........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY