000 CDUS43 KDMX 280649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 89 321 PM 99 1955 82 7 80 MINIMUM 59 613 AM 45 1986 61 -2 67 AVERAGE 74 72 2 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 6.18 1975 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 1.33 3.98 -2.65 4.89 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 12.73 -3.44 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 24.99 -1.57 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 2 -2 27 SINCE JUN 1 0 19 -19 49 SINCE JUL 1 0 3 -3 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 7 2 9 MONTH TO DATE 293 257 36 136 SINCE JUN 1 987 829 158 514 SINCE JAN 1 1043 902 141 629 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 100 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 41 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 754 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE 638 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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 85 256 PM 100 1936 82 3 78 MINIMUM 60 440 AM 47 1986 62 -2 68 AVERAGE 73 72 1 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.56 1998 0.13 -0.13 1.38 MONTH TO DATE 3.21 3.51 -0.30 10.08 SINCE JUN 1 9.10 12.47 -3.37 15.62 SINCE JAN 1 19.66 24.82 -5.16 28.64 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 9 -9 48 SINCE JUN 1 0 20 -20 90 SINCE JUL 1 0 10 -10 51 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 8 0 8 MONTH TO DATE 233 268 -35 108 SINCE JUN 1 836 863 -27 438 SINCE JAN 1 874 953 -79 554 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 98 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 41 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$