000 CDUS43 KDMX 140653 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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 72 305 PM 88 1975 65 7 57 MINIMUM 46 726 AM 20 1917 43 3 44 AVERAGE 59 54 5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.17 1886 0.09 -0.09 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 1.17 -0.67 0.57 SINCE JUN 1 11.20 17.58 -6.38 13.78 SINCE JAN 1 25.33 29.84 -4.51 33.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM T 1983 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 11 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 114 114 0 124 SINCE SEP 1 156 217 -61 152 SINCE JUL 1 156 224 -68 180 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 8 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1897 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1939 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 726 AM CDT SUNSET 635 PM CDT OCTOBER 15 2005.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 633 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 13 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 70 353 PM 88 1975 66 4 64 MINIMUM 48 444 AM 28 2002 45 3 43 1979 AVERAGE 59 55 4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.99 1981 0.09 -0.09 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 1.29 -1.10 1.96 SINCE JUN 1 10.99 18.35 -7.36 18.65 SINCE JAN 1 21.55 30.70 -9.15 31.67 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 116 104 12 151 SINCE SEP 1 179 186 -7 204 SINCE JUL 1 179 200 -21 258 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 NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 91 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 14 2005.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 15 2005.......SUNRISE 722 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ REV