000 CDUS43 KDMX 090644 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 59 315 PM 88 1938 67 -8 77 MINIMUM 34 649 AM 24 2000 46 -12 51 AVERAGE 47 56 -9 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1970 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.72 -0.36 0.51 SINCE JUN 1 11.06 17.13 -6.07 13.72 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 29.39 -4.20 33.45 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 18 9 9 1 MONTH TO DATE 64 63 1 76 SINCE SEP 1 106 166 -60 104 SINCE JUL 1 106 173 -67 132 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 8 36 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 118 129 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1048 281 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 87 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 23 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2005.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 641 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 8 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 59 403 PM 92 1938 68 -9 74 MINIMUM 31 429 AM 25 2000 47 -16 47 AVERAGE 45 57 -12 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 1970 0.10 -0.10 0.59 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.84 -0.68 1.81 SINCE JUN 1 10.96 17.90 -6.94 18.50 SINCE JAN 1 21.52 30.25 -8.73 31.52 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 20 8 12 4 MONTH TO DATE 64 57 7 98 SINCE SEP 1 127 139 -12 151 SINCE JUL 1 127 153 -26 205 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 700 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 91 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 2000 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 9 2005.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL