000 CDUS43 KDMX 040645 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 3 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 90 348 PM 101 1939 80 10 83 MINIMUM 58 531 AM 40 1974 59 -1 62 AVERAGE 74 69 5 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.62 1941 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.38 -0.38 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 13.64 -4.35 11.44 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 25.90 -2.48 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 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 10 -10 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 6 3 8 MONTH TO DATE 24 18 6 27 SINCE SEP 1 24 18 6 27 SINCE JAN 1 1106 948 158 671 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 600 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 99 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2005.....SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2005.....SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 741 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 3 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 88 305 PM 100 1925 80 8 82 MINIMUM 54 555 AM 40 1974 60 -6 57 AVERAGE 71 70 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.65 1926 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.42 -0.42 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 13.41 -4.20 15.82 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 25.76 -5.99 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 3 -3 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 17 -17 54 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 15 18 -3 20 SINCE SEP 1 15 18 -3 20 SINCE JAN 1 917 999 -82 581 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 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 93 100 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 103 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 43 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 4 2005.....SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 5 2005.....SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$