000 CDUS43 KDMX 180658 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 78 249 PM 86 1950 63 15 61 MINIMUM 52 1134 PM 23 1948 42 10 34 AVERAGE 65 52 13 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.87 1963 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.50 -0.99 0.58 SINCE JUN 1 11.21 17.91 -6.70 13.79 SINCE JAN 1 25.34 30.17 -4.83 33.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1990 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 0 13 -13 17 MONTH TO DATE 129 162 -33 207 SINCE SEP 1 171 265 -94 235 SINCE JUL 1 171 272 -101 263 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 500 AM LOWEST 25 400 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 22 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 629 PM CDT OCTOBER 19 2005.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 627 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 17 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 79 MM 87 1938 64 15 58 MINIMUM 46 MM 23 1943 43 3 28 AVERAGE 63 53 10 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 2.26 1998 0.08 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.25 1.63 -1.38 1.97 SINCE JUN 1 11.05 18.69 -7.64 18.66 SINCE JAN 1 21.61 31.04 -9.43 31.68 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 2 12 -10 22 MONTH TO DATE 141 148 -7 242 SINCE SEP 1 204 230 -26 295 SINCE JUL 1 204 244 -40 349 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 600 AM LOWEST 33 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 21 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT OCTOBER 19 2005.......SUNRISE 726 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$