000 CDUS43 KDMX 260846 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 151 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 25 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 83 337 PM 106 1936 82 1 78 MINIMUM 67 617 AM 44 1934 62 5 66 AVERAGE 75 72 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.45 1987 0.14 -0.14 0.34 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 3.70 -2.56 4.85 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.45 -3.35 11.37 SINCE JAN 1 23.23 24.71 -1.48 31.10 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 10 8 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 272 242 30 113 SINCE JUN 1 966 814 152 491 SINCE JAN 1 1022 887 135 606 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 75 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 69 100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 104 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 45 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 755 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 25 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 76 411 PM 106 1936 82 -6 76 MINIMUM 65 547 AM 42 1934 62 3 64 AVERAGE 71 72 -1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 3.21 1987 0.13 -0.11 1.57 MONTH TO DATE 3.21 3.25 -0.04 7.84 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.21 -3.11 13.38 SINCE JAN 1 19.66 24.56 -4.90 26.40 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 7 -7 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 18 -18 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 8 -8 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 8 -2 5 MONTH TO DATE 214 252 -38 89 SINCE JUN 1 817 847 -30 419 SINCE JAN 1 855 937 -82 535 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 PM LOWEST 81 400 AM AVERAGE 91 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 102 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 46 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 26 2005........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$