000 CDUS43 KDMX 180650 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005 ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81 320 PM 95 1988 75 6 74 MINIMUM 46 625 AM 32 1916 49 -3 45 AVERAGE 64 62 2 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.06 1914 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.01 1.78 -0.77 0.59 SINCE JUN 1 15.64 14.88 0.76 11.81 SINCE JAN 1 25.56 26.28 -0.72 30.58 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 1 5 -4 5 MONTH TO DATE 20 61 -41 23 SINCE SEP 1 20 61 -41 23 SINCE JUL 1 32 88 -56 111 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 93 52 41 93 SINCE SEP 1 93 52 41 93 SINCE JAN 1 794 733 61 571 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 30 300 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 93 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 28 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 18 2005.....SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 714 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 712 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 135 PM 94 1925 73 3 66 MINIMUM 46 609 AM 31 1943 48 -2 48 AVERAGE 61 61 0 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.77 1977 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 3.31 2.02 1.29 4.27 SINCE JUN 1 16.25 15.84 0.41 18.32 SINCE JAN 1 31.50 27.68 3.82 38.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 4 5 -1 8 MONTH TO DATE 18 63 -45 43 SINCE SEP 1 18 63 -45 43 SINCE JUL 1 41 113 -72 169 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 72 34 38 57 SINCE SEP 1 72 34 38 57 SINCE JAN 1 715 649 66 366 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 92 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 26 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 18 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$