000 CDUS43 KDMX 120646 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11 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 64 302 PM 86 1962 66 -2 61 MINIMUM 47 644 AM 21 1987 44 3 46 AVERAGE 56 55 1 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.63 1890 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.99 -0.63 0.51 SINCE JUN 1 11.06 17.40 -6.34 13.72 SINCE JAN 1 25.19 29.66 -4.47 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1946 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 9 10 -1 11 MONTH TO DATE 100 92 8 101 SINCE SEP 1 142 195 -53 129 SINCE JUL 1 142 202 -60 157 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 11 33 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 121 126 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1051 278 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 11 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 72 200 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 91 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2005.......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 638 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 636 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 11 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 62 400 PM 86 1962 66 -4 65 MINIMUM 45 605 AM 25 1987 46 -1 42 AVERAGE 54 56 -2 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.06 1984 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.16 1.11 -0.95 1.81 SINCE JUN 1 10.96 18.17 -7.21 18.50 SINCE JAN 1 21.52 30.52 -9.00 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 11 9 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 104 84 20 129 SINCE SEP 1 167 166 1 182 SINCE JUL 1 167 180 -13 236 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 72 200 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 12 2005.......SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 633 PM CDT OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$