000 CDUS43 KDMX 211046 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 545 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20 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 91 331 PM 92 1931 74 17 79 MINIMUM 56 622 AM 33 1991 53 3 60 AVERAGE 74 64 10 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.89 1894 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.96 2.23 -1.27 1.74 SINCE JUN 1 10.25 15.49 -5.24 13.18 SINCE JAN 1 24.38 27.75 -3.37 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 48 -43 8 SINCE SEP 1 5 48 -43 8 SINCE JUL 1 5 55 -50 36 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 3 6 5 MONTH TO DATE 178 88 90 124 SINCE SEP 1 178 88 90 124 SINCE JAN 1 1260 1018 242 768 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 23 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 95 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 35 1995 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 711 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 20 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 MM 95 1940 75 10 78 MINIMUM 50 MM 34 1937 54 -4 58 AVERAGE 68 64 4 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.31 1965 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.93 2.80 -1.87 0.85 SINCE JUN 1 10.14 15.79 -5.65 16.67 SINCE JAN 1 20.70 28.14 -7.44 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 37 -23 16 SINCE SEP 1 14 37 -23 16 SINCE JUL 1 14 51 -37 70 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 2 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 140 84 56 91 SINCE SEP 1 140 84 56 91 SINCE JAN 1 1042 1065 -23 652 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 40 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 95 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 36 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 22 2005.....SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 707 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL