000 CDUS43 KDMX 240649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005 ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 77 353 PM 99 1975 83 -6 85 MINIMUM 57 650 AM 43 1891 63 -6 67 AVERAGE 67 73 -6 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.19 1895 0.14 -0.14 0.59 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 3.42 -2.28 4.35 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.17 -3.07 10.87 SINCE JAN 1 23.23 24.43 -1.20 30.60 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 27 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 49 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 8 -6 11 MONTH TO DATE 258 226 32 98 SINCE JUN 1 952 798 154 476 SINCE JAN 1 1008 871 137 591 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 300 AM LOWEST 54 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 104 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 40 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2005........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE 634 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. && ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23 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 75 205 PM 102 1948 83 -8 83 MINIMUM 54 559 AM 44 1923 63 -9 62 AVERAGE 65 73 -8 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.29 1928 0.13 -0.13 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 2.99 0.19 5.84 SINCE JUN 1 9.07 11.95 -2.88 11.38 SINCE JAN 1 19.63 24.30 -4.67 24.40 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 5 -5 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 16 -16 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 6 -6 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 8 MONTH TO DATE 206 236 -30 78 SINCE JUN 1 809 831 -22 408 SINCE JAN 1 847 921 -74 524 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 107 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 43 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 24 2005........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$