000 CDUS43 KDMX 040651 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 88 305 PM 92 1997 70 18 76 MINIMUM 73 642 AM 29 1888 48 25 41 AVERAGE 81 59 22 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.61 1942 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.27 -0.26 0.23 SINCE JUN 1 10.71 16.68 -5.97 13.44 SINCE JAN 1 24.84 28.94 -4.10 33.17 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1999 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 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 21 -21 39 SINCE SEP 1 42 124 -82 67 SINCE JUL 1 42 131 -89 95 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 1 15 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 3 26 0 SINCE SEP 1 232 113 119 139 SINCE JAN 1 1314 1043 271 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 85 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1000 PM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 29 1999 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 649 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 3 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 88 110 PM 91 1997 70 18 74 MINIMUM 70 606 AM 32 1987 49 21 40 AVERAGE 79 59 20 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1925 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.33 -0.30 1.05 SINCE JUN 1 10.83 17.39 -6.56 17.74 SINCE JAN 1 21.39 29.74 -8.35 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 7 -7 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 19 -19 44 SINCE SEP 1 63 101 -38 97 SINCE JUL 1 63 115 -52 151 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 1 13 0 MONTH TO DATE 22 3 19 0 SINCE SEP 1 190 103 87 100 SINCE JAN 1 1092 1084 8 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 300 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 96 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 23 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2005.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$