000 CDUS43 KDMX 120646 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 141 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 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 92 932 PM 97 2000 77 15 84 1936 MINIMUM 67 625 AM 40 1955 56 11 61 AVERAGE 80 67 13 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1910 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 1.30 -0.55 1.42 SINCE JUN 1 10.04 14.56 -4.52 12.86 SINCE JAN 1 24.17 26.82 -2.65 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 18 -18 5 SINCE SEP 1 0 18 -18 5 SINCE JUL 1 0 25 -25 33 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 4 11 8 MONTH TO DATE 127 57 70 69 SINCE SEP 1 127 57 70 69 SINCE JAN 1 1209 987 222 713 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 32 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 96 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 37 1902 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 12 2005.....SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 13 2005.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 727 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 11 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 89 213 PM 101 1936 78 11 85 MINIMUM 68 1118 PM 35 1940 57 11 60 AVERAGE 79 67 12 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.73 1913 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.54 -1.03 0.41 SINCE JUN 1 9.72 14.53 -4.81 16.23 SINCE JAN 1 20.28 26.88 -6.60 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 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 9 SINCE SEP 1 0 14 -14 9 SINCE JUL 1 0 28 -28 63 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 4 10 8 MONTH TO DATE 105 56 49 49 SINCE SEP 1 105 56 49 49 SINCE JAN 1 1007 1037 -30 610 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 200 AM LOWEST 43 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 97 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 35 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 12 2005.....SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 13 2005.....SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CM