000 CDUS43 KDMX 150703 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 159 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 14 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 76 356 PM 97 1939 77 -1 86 MINIMUM 53 645 AM 38 1879 55 -2 69 AVERAGE 65 66 -1 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.56 1914 0.11 -0.11 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 1.63 -0.67 1.48 SINCE JUN 1 10.25 14.89 -4.64 12.92 SINCE JAN 1 24.38 27.15 -2.77 32.65 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 27 -27 5 SINCE SEP 1 0 27 -27 5 SINCE JUL 1 0 34 -34 33 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 4 -4 13 MONTH TO DATE 148 69 79 99 SINCE SEP 1 148 69 79 99 SINCE JAN 1 1230 999 231 743 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 31 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 97 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 38 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 15 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 16 2005.....SUNRISE 656 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 14 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 75 336 PM 99 1939 77 -2 87 MINIMUM 52 554 AM 35 1923 56 -4 66 AVERAGE 64 66 -2 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.32 1992 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 1.96 -1.21 0.41 SINCE JUN 1 9.96 14.95 -4.99 16.23 SINCE JAN 1 20.52 27.30 -6.78 29.25 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 1 2 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 20 -19 9 SINCE SEP 1 1 20 -19 9 SINCE JUL 1 1 34 -33 63 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 12 MONTH TO DATE 125 67 58 74 SINCE SEP 1 125 67 58 74 SINCE JAN 1 1027 1048 -21 635 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 99 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 37 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 15 2005.....SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 719 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 16 2005.....SUNRISE 651 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV