000 CDUS43 KDMX 060729 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 220 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 77 1021 AM 93 1963 68 9 66 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 24 1988 42 1 25 AVERAGE 60 55 5 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 1.50 1919 0.08 0.25 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.41 -0.08 0.36 SINCE JUN 1 18.02 16.46 1.56 12.23 SINCE JAN 1 27.94 27.86 0.08 31.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1991 0.0 MM 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 11 -6 19 MONTH TO DATE 5 50 -45 81 SINCE SEP 1 77 205 -128 155 SINCE JUL 1 89 232 -143 243 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 37 5 32 0 SINCE SEP 1 156 75 81 133 SINCE JAN 1 857 756 101 611 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 PM LOWEST 69 1000 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 18 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2005.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 640 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 5 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 72 304 AM 95 1963 66 6 66 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 22 1935 42 0 26 AVERAGE 57 54 3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.13 0.98 1955 0.09 0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 0.45 -0.11 0.44 SINCE JUN 1 22.18 17.55 4.63 18.90 SINCE JAN 1 37.43 29.39 8.04 38.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 8 11 -3 19 MONTH TO DATE 8 53 -45 93 SINCE SEP 1 90 213 -123 200 SINCE JUL 1 113 263 -150 326 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1000 AM LOWEST 59 500 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 94 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 15 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2005.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2005.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$