000 CDUS43 KDMX 200739 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 239 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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 86 215 PM 96 1948 75 11 85 MINIMUM 64 1148 PM 33 1991 53 11 63 AVERAGE 75 64 11 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.67 1983 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 2.13 -1.17 1.74 SINCE JUN 1 10.25 15.39 -5.14 13.18 SINCE JAN 1 24.38 27.65 -3.27 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 44 -39 8 SINCE SEP 1 5 44 -39 8 SINCE JUL 1 5 51 -46 36 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 3 7 9 MONTH TO DATE 169 85 84 119 SINCE SEP 1 169 85 84 119 SINCE JAN 1 1251 1015 236 763 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 94 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 92 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 33 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 713 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 19 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 83 403 PM 96 1948 75 8 83 MINIMUM 60 1142 PM 34 1991 54 6 62 AVERAGE 72 64 8 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.47 1965 0.14 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.93 2.66 -1.73 0.85 SINCE JUN 1 10.14 15.65 -5.51 16.67 SINCE JAN 1 20.70 28.00 -7.30 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 34 -20 16 SINCE SEP 1 14 34 -20 16 SINCE JUL 1 14 48 -34 70 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 3 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 137 82 55 88 SINCE SEP 1 137 82 55 88 SINCE JAN 1 1039 1063 -24 649 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 64 700 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 95 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL