000 CDUS43 KDMX 270646 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT TUE SEP 27 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26 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 67 420 PM 90 1956 72 -5 78 MINIMUM 53 1153 PM 30 1926 50 3 50 AVERAGE 60 61 -1 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.77 1936 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.00 2.79 -1.79 1.77 SINCE JUN 1 10.29 16.05 -5.76 13.21 SINCE JAN 1 24.42 28.31 -3.89 32.94 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 5 6 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 13 78 -65 10 SINCE SEP 1 13 78 -65 10 SINCE JUL 1 13 85 -72 38 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 203 102 101 137 SINCE SEP 1 203 102 101 137 SINCE JAN 1 1285 1032 253 781 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 40 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 58 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 27 2005.....SUNRISE 707 AM CDT SUNSET 703 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 28 2005.....SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 701 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 26 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 68 427 PM 94 1938 72 -4 76 MINIMUM 49 1148 PM 29 1984 51 -2 46 AVERAGE 59 62 -3 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.75 1933 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.19 3.59 -2.40 0.87 SINCE JUN 1 10.40 16.58 -6.18 16.69 SINCE JAN 1 20.96 28.93 -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 6 5 1 4 MONTH TO DATE 22 61 -39 22 SINCE SEP 1 22 61 -39 22 SINCE JUL 1 22 75 -53 76 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 168 96 72 100 SINCE SEP 1 168 96 72 100 SINCE JAN 1 1070 1077 -7 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 68 200 PM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 92 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 27 2005.....SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 658 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 28 2005.....SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 656 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY