000 CDUS43 KDMX 250644 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 24 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 74 533 PM 88 1984 73 1 78 MINIMUM 60 801 AM 31 1942 51 9 50 AVERAGE 67 62 5 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 2.21 1931 0.09 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.99 2.61 -1.62 1.77 SINCE JUN 1 10.28 15.87 -5.59 13.21 SINCE JAN 1 24.41 28.13 -3.72 32.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1985 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 5 -5 1 MONTH TO DATE 8 67 -59 9 SINCE SEP 1 8 67 -59 9 SINCE JUL 1 8 74 -66 37 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 2 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 198 98 100 137 SINCE SEP 1 198 98 100 137 SINCE JAN 1 1280 1028 252 781 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 31 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 AM LOWEST 78 1200 AM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 91 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 25 2005.....SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 26 2005.....SUNRISE 706 AM CDT SUNSET 705 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 24 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 80 335 PM 91 1984 73 7 76 MINIMUM 58 216 AM 32 1942 52 6 52 AVERAGE 69 63 6 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.93 1973 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.93 3.33 -2.40 0.87 SINCE JUN 1 10.14 16.32 -6.18 16.69 SINCE JAN 1 20.70 28.67 -7.97 29.71 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 4 -4 1 MONTH TO DATE 16 52 -36 18 SINCE SEP 1 16 52 -36 18 SINCE JUL 1 16 66 -50 72 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 160 92 68 100 SINCE SEP 1 160 92 68 100 SINCE JAN 1 1062 1073 -11 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 74 200 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 89 1920 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 30 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 25 2005.....SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 26 2005.....SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 700 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$