000 CDUS43 KDMX 030649 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 2 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 88 342 PM 98 2000 80 8 83 1913 MINIMUM 59 519 AM 42 1893 59 0 63 AVERAGE 74 70 4 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.53 1912 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.26 -0.26 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 13.52 -4.23 11.44 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 25.78 -2.36 31.17 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 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 9 -9 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 8 MONTH TO DATE 15 12 3 19 SINCE SEP 1 15 12 3 19 SINCE JAN 1 1097 942 155 663 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 29 400 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 101 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 3 2005.....SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 4 2005.....SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 742 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 SEPTEMBER 2 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 86 235 PM 102 1897 80 6 83 MINIMUM 56 415 AM 40 1946 60 -4 62 AVERAGE 71 70 1 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.45 1918 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.28 -0.28 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 13.27 -4.06 15.82 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 25.62 -5.85 28.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 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 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 2 -2 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 16 -16 54 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 8 MONTH TO DATE 9 12 -3 15 SINCE SEP 1 9 12 -3 15 SINCE JAN 1 911 993 -82 576 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 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 93 1200 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 100 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 40 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 3 2005.....SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 4 2005.....SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$