000 CDUS43 KDMX 030714 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT MON OCT 3 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 81 429 PM 92 1953 70 11 59 MINIMUM 67 630 AM 27 1974 48 19 31 AVERAGE 74 59 15 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.10 1925 0.09 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.18 -0.17 0.23 SINCE JUN 1 10.71 16.59 -5.88 13.44 SINCE JAN 1 24.84 28.85 -4.01 33.17 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 7 -7 20 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 33 SINCE SEP 1 42 117 -75 61 SINCE JUL 1 42 124 -82 89 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 1 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 2 11 0 SINCE SEP 1 216 112 104 139 SINCE JAN 1 1298 1042 256 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 50 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 1000 AM LOWEST 68 100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1888 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2005.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 651 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 OCTOBER 2 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 78 419 PM 93 1953 70 8 58 MINIMUM 63 715 AM 22 2003 49 14 30 AVERAGE 71 60 11 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.64 1944 0.11 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.22 -0.19 1.05 SINCE JUN 1 10.83 17.28 -6.45 17.74 SINCE JAN 1 21.39 29.63 -8.24 30.76 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 6 -6 21 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 36 SINCE SEP 1 63 94 -31 89 SINCE JUL 1 63 108 -45 143 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 1 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 2 6 0 SINCE SEP 1 176 102 74 100 SINCE JAN 1 1078 1083 -5 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 800 AM LOWEST 61 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2005.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB