000 CDUS43 KDMX 270656 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 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 85 334 PM 104 1983 82 3 88 MINIMUM 68 1159 PM 45 1910 62 6 69 AVERAGE 77 72 5 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 4.18 1977 0.14 0.05 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 1.33 3.84 -2.51 4.89 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 12.59 -3.30 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 24.85 -1.43 31.14 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 1 -1 27 SINCE JUN 1 0 18 -18 49 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 8 4 14 MONTH TO DATE 284 250 34 127 SINCE JUN 1 978 822 156 505 SINCE JAN 1 1034 895 139 620 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 62 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 65 400 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 99 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 45 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 754 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 26 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 82 421 PM 102 1983 82 0 87 MINIMUM 69 837 PM 46 1934 62 7 65 AVERAGE 76 72 4 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.83 1944 0.13 -0.13 0.86 MONTH TO DATE 3.21 3.38 -0.17 8.70 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.34 -3.24 14.24 SINCE JAN 1 19.66 24.69 -5.03 27.26 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 8 -8 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 19 -19 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 8 3 11 MONTH TO DATE 225 260 -35 100 SINCE JUN 1 828 855 -27 430 SINCE JAN 1 866 945 -79 546 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 74 300 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 100 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 47 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 27 2005........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$