000 CDUS43 KDMX 300859 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 158 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29 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 87 437 PM 99 1984 81 6 75 MINIMUM 62 559 AM 43 1946 61 1 55 AVERAGE 75 71 4 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.16 1993 0.13 -0.13 T MONTH TO DATE 1.33 4.25 -2.92 4.89 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 13.00 -3.71 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 25.26 -1.84 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 4 -4 27 SINCE JUN 1 0 21 -21 49 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 7 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 313 271 42 139 SINCE JUN 1 1007 843 164 517 SINCE JAN 1 1063 916 147 632 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 99 1898 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 42 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2005........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2005........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 749 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 29 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 85 333 PM 98 1984 81 4 73 MINIMUM 59 602 AM 42 1946 61 -2 51 AVERAGE 72 71 1 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.71 1975 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.32 3.77 -0.45 10.27 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 12.73 -3.52 15.81 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 25.08 -5.31 28.83 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 51 SINCE JUN 1 0 22 -22 93 SINCE JUL 1 0 12 -12 54 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 7 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 249 282 -33 109 SINCE JUN 1 852 877 -25 439 SINCE JAN 1 890 967 -77 555 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 46 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 81 104 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 42 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2005........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2005........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB