000 CDUS43 KDMX 190645 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 18 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 88 402 PM 94 1895 75 13 81 MINIMUM 64 644 AM 36 1916 53 11 61 AVERAGE 76 64 12 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.31 1919 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 2.03 -1.07 1.74 SINCE JUN 1 10.25 15.29 -5.04 13.18 SINCE JAN 1 24.38 27.55 -3.17 32.91 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 4 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 40 -35 8 SINCE SEP 1 5 40 -35 8 SINCE JUL 1 5 47 -42 36 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 3 8 6 MONTH TO DATE 159 82 77 110 SINCE SEP 1 159 82 77 110 SINCE JAN 1 1241 1012 229 754 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 87 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 600 AM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 96 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 33 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 715 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 18 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 85 308 PM 96 1910 75 10 79 MINIMUM 54 617 AM 33 1916 54 0 56 AVERAGE 70 65 5 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.60 1915 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.91 2.52 -1.61 0.85 SINCE JUN 1 10.12 15.51 -5.39 16.67 SINCE JAN 1 20.68 27.86 -7.18 29.69 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 3 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 31 -17 16 SINCE SEP 1 14 31 -17 16 SINCE JUL 1 14 45 -31 70 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 3 2 3 MONTH TO DATE 130 79 51 80 SINCE SEP 1 130 79 51 80 SINCE JAN 1 1032 1060 -28 641 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 96 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 19 2005.....SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 712 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$