000 CDUS43 KDMX 070701 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 201 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 52 300 PM 94 1963 68 -16 77 MINIMUM 38 616 AM 24 1952 46 -8 46 AVERAGE 45 57 -12 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1922 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.54 -0.18 0.23 SINCE JUN 1 11.06 16.95 -5.89 13.44 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 29.21 -4.02 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 20 8 12 3 MONTH TO DATE 25 45 -20 73 SINCE SEP 1 67 148 -81 101 SINCE JUL 1 67 155 -88 129 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 6 38 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 116 131 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1046 283 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 69 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 300 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 26 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2005.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT OCTOBER 8 2005.......SUNRISE 719 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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 51 419 PM 92 1963 69 -18 75 MINIMUM 36 1138 PM 22 1935 47 -11 43 AVERAGE 44 58 -14 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.94 1927 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.64 -0.48 1.05 SINCE JUN 1 10.96 17.70 -6.74 17.74 SINCE JAN 1 21.52 30.05 -8.53 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 21 8 13 6 MONTH TO DATE 22 41 -19 87 SINCE SEP 1 85 123 -38 140 SINCE JUL 1 85 137 -52 194 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 6 29 0 SINCE SEP 1 203 106 97 100 SINCE JAN 1 1105 1087 18 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 700 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 95 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 2000 1952 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2005.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT OCTOBER 8 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. $$ SMALL