000 CDUS43 KDMX 130650 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 1225 AM 91 1899 66 -2 63 MINIMUM 50 359 AM 24 1909 44 6 48 AVERAGE 57 55 2 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 2.02 1997 0.09 0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 1.08 -0.58 0.51 SINCE JUN 1 11.20 17.49 -6.29 13.72 SINCE JAN 1 25.33 29.75 -4.42 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1986 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 8 11 -3 9 MONTH TO DATE 108 103 5 110 SINCE SEP 1 150 206 -56 138 SINCE JUL 1 150 213 -63 166 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 12 32 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 122 125 139 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1052 277 783 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 73 100 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 20 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 726 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 69 303 PM 88 1975 66 3 59 MINIMUM 49 1118 PM 24 1946 45 4 48 AVERAGE 59 56 3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.57 1997 0.09 -0.06 0.14 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 1.20 -1.01 1.95 SINCE JUN 1 10.99 18.26 -7.27 18.64 SINCE JAN 1 21.55 30.61 -9.06 31.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 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 6 10 -4 11 MONTH TO DATE 110 94 16 140 SINCE SEP 1 173 176 -3 193 SINCE JUL 1 173 190 -17 247 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 S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 55 200 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 28 2002 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 13 2005.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$