000 CDUS43 KDMX 100652 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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 57 407 PM 87 1938 67 -10 72 MINIMUM 39 641 AM 23 1895 45 -6 43 AVERAGE 48 56 -8 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 1985 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.81 -0.45 0.51 SINCE JUN 1 11.06 17.22 -6.16 13.72 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 29.48 -4.29 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1987 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 17 9 8 7 MONTH TO DATE 81 72 9 83 SINCE SEP 1 123 175 -52 111 SINCE JUL 1 123 182 -59 139 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 9 35 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 119 128 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1049 280 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 88 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 641 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 639 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 9 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 58 400 PM 91 1938 67 -9 71 MINIMUM 36 659 AM 25 2000 46 -10 39 AVERAGE 47 57 -10 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 1985 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 0.93 -0.77 1.81 SINCE JUN 1 10.96 17.99 -7.03 18.50 SINCE JAN 1 21.52 30.34 -8.82 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 18 9 9 10 MONTH TO DATE 82 66 16 108 SINCE SEP 1 145 148 -3 161 SINCE JUL 1 145 162 -17 215 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 (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 89 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 25 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 637 PM CDT OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE 717 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL