000 CDUS43 KDMX 080647 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 147 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 53 327 PM 91 1939 68 -15 68 MINIMUM 34 640 AM 26 1952 46 -12 58 AVERAGE 44 57 -13 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.67 1884 0.09 -0.09 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.63 -0.27 0.51 SINCE JUN 1 11.06 17.04 -5.98 13.72 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 29.30 -4.11 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1935 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 9 12 2 MONTH TO DATE 46 54 -8 75 SINCE SEP 1 88 157 -69 103 SINCE JUL 1 88 164 -76 131 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 7 37 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 117 130 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1047 282 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 91 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 600 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 88 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 2000 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2005.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 644 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2005.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 643 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 7 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 54 221 PM 95 1939 68 -14 64 MINIMUM 32 637 AM 26 2000 47 -15 51 1952 AVERAGE 43 58 -15 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1931 0.10 -0.10 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.74 -0.58 1.22 SINCE JUN 1 10.96 17.80 -6.84 17.91 SINCE JAN 1 21.52 30.15 -8.63 30.93 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 22 8 14 7 MONTH TO DATE 44 49 -5 94 SINCE SEP 1 107 131 -24 147 SINCE JUL 1 107 145 -38 201 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 7 28 0 SINCE SEP 1 203 107 96 100 SINCE JAN 1 1105 1088 17 661 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 50 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 25 2000 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2005.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL