000 CDUS43 KDMX 050652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 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 91 256 PM 99 1913 80 11 85 MINIMUM 68 546 AM 40 1891 59 9 64 AVERAGE 80 69 11 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.98 1994 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.50 -0.50 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 13.76 -4.47 11.44 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 26.02 -2.60 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 4 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 11 -11 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 6 9 10 MONTH TO DATE 39 24 15 37 SINCE SEP 1 39 24 15 37 SINCE JAN 1 1121 954 167 681 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 88 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 99 1925 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 44 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2005.....SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2005.....SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 739 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 4 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 89 149 PM 103 1925 80 9 85 MINIMUM 61 551 AM 43 1974 59 2 59 AVERAGE 75 69 6 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.17 1971 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.56 -0.56 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 13.55 -4.34 15.82 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 25.90 -6.13 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 4 -4 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 18 -18 54 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 6 4 7 MONTH TO DATE 25 24 1 27 SINCE SEP 1 25 24 1 27 SINCE JAN 1 927 1005 -78 588 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 107 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 42 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2005.....SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2005.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 734 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$