000 CDUS43 KDMX 250657 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 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 76 433 PM 104 1936 83 -7 79 MINIMUM 61 400 AM 40 1891 62 -1 66 AVERAGE 69 72 -3 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.13 1882 0.14 -0.14 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 3.56 -2.42 4.51 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.31 -3.21 11.03 SINCE JAN 1 23.23 24.57 -1.34 30.76 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 4 8 -4 8 MONTH TO DATE 262 234 28 106 SINCE JUN 1 956 806 150 484 SINCE JAN 1 1012 879 133 599 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 47 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 106 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 44 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 757 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 24 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 76 333 PM 107 1936 83 -7 77 MINIMUM 57 428 AM 43 1942 63 -6 65 AVERAGE 67 73 -6 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.62 1962 0.13 -0.12 0.43 MONTH TO DATE 3.19 3.12 0.07 6.27 SINCE JUN 1 9.08 12.08 -3.00 11.81 SINCE JAN 1 19.64 24.43 -4.79 24.83 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 6 -6 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 7 -7 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 8 -6 6 MONTH TO DATE 208 244 -36 84 SINCE JUN 1 811 839 -28 414 SINCE JAN 1 849 929 -80 530 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 64 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 106 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 42 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 25 2005........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$