000 CDUS43 KDMX 050708 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 201 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 88 225 PM 89 1938 69 19 55 1922 MINIMUM 71 711 AM 22 1935 43 28 28 AVERAGE 80 56 24 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.66 1926 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.33 -0.33 0.36 SINCE JUN 1 17.69 16.38 1.31 12.23 SINCE JAN 1 27.61 27.78 -0.17 31.00 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 10 -10 23 MONTH TO DATE 0 39 -39 62 SINCE SEP 1 72 194 -122 136 SINCE JUL 1 84 221 -137 224 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 1 14 0 MONTH TO DATE 37 4 33 0 SINCE SEP 1 156 74 82 133 SINCE JAN 1 857 755 102 611 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 93 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 87R 301 PM 87 1938 66 21 51 MINIMUM 70 1057 PM 20 1935 42 28 27 AVERAGE 79 54 25 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 1.42 2002 0.09 0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 0.36 -0.15 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 22.05 17.46 4.59 18.90 SINCE JAN 1 37.30 29.30 8.00 38.63 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 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 11 -11 26 MONTH TO DATE 0 42 -42 74 SINCE SEP 1 82 202 -120 181 SINCE JUL 1 105 252 -147 307 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 0 14 0 MONTH TO DATE 37 1 36 0 SINCE SEP 1 128 40 88 76 SINCE JAN 1 771 655 116 385 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 95 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 22 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 5 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 717 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. $$