000 CDUS43 KDMX 080742 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 217 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 7 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 85 255 PM 101 1939 79 6 72 MINIMUM 63 533 AM 41 1986 57 6 51 AVERAGE 74 68 6 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.29 1989 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.86 -0.86 1.42 SINCE JUN 1 9.29 14.12 -4.83 12.86 SINCE JAN 1 23.42 26.38 -2.96 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 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 3 SINCE SEP 1 0 10 -10 3 SINCE JUL 1 0 17 -17 31 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 74 39 35 52 SINCE SEP 1 74 39 35 52 SINCE JAN 1 1156 969 187 696 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 300 AM LOWEST 47 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 99 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 38 1883 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 8 2005.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 736 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 9 2005.....SUNRISE 649 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 7 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 85 418 PM 101 1938 79 6 72 MINIMUM 60 558 AM 41 1956 58 2 49 AVERAGE 73 69 4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.99 1941 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.98 -0.98 0.41 SINCE JUN 1 9.21 13.97 -4.76 16.23 SINCE JAN 1 19.77 26.32 -6.55 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 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 4 SINCE SEP 1 0 7 -7 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 21 -21 58 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 5 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 56 39 17 38 SINCE SEP 1 56 39 17 38 SINCE JAN 1 958 1020 -62 599 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 48 400 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 104 1912 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 44 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 8 2005.....SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 9 2005.....SUNRISE 644 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$