000 CDUS43 KDMX 070700 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 200 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 6 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 85 527 PM 100 1939 79 6 78 MINIMUM 69 1159 PM 42 1988 58 11 57 AVERAGE 77 69 8 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.22 1911 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.74 -0.74 1.42 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 14.00 -4.71 12.86 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 26.26 -2.84 32.59 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 8 -8 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 15 -15 28 COOLING YESTERDAY 12 5 7 3 MONTH TO DATE 65 34 31 52 SINCE SEP 1 65 34 31 52 SINCE JAN 1 1147 964 183 696 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 58 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 600 AM LOWEST 47 1000 AM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 101 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 7 2005.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 737 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 8 2005.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 736 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 6 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 89 359 PM 102 1913 79 10 77 MINIMUM 66 1147 PM 44 2000 59 7 53 1988 AVERAGE 78 69 9 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1982 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.84 -0.84 0.41 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 13.83 -4.62 16.23 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 26.18 -6.41 29.25 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 6 -6 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 6 -6 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 20 -20 54 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 5 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 34 14 38 SINCE SEP 1 48 34 14 38 SINCE JAN 1 950 1015 -65 599 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 6 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 7 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 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 87 700 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 101 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 41 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 7 2005.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 8 2005.....SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$