000 CDUS43 KDMX 200646 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 65 1209 AM 85 2003 62 3 50 MINIMUM 46 731 AM 14 1972 41 5 45 AVERAGE 56 52 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.92 1934 0.08 -0.08 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.51 1.66 -1.15 0.83 SINCE JUN 1 11.21 18.07 -6.86 14.04 SINCE JAN 1 25.34 30.33 -4.99 33.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.7 1982 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 13 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 139 188 -49 237 SINCE SEP 1 181 291 -110 265 SINCE JUL 1 181 298 -117 293 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 500 AM LOWEST 46 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 20 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2005.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 626 PM CDT OCTOBER 21 2005.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 624 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 19 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 66 1259 AM 85 1924 63 3 51 MINIMUM 47 635 AM 17 1972 42 5 45 AVERAGE 57 53 4 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1983 0.08 -0.08 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.25 1.79 -1.54 2.20 SINCE JUN 1 11.05 18.85 -7.80 18.89 SINCE JAN 1 21.61 31.20 -9.59 31.91 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 8 12 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 152 172 -20 275 SINCE SEP 1 215 254 -39 328 SINCE JUL 1 215 268 -53 382 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 500 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2005.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT OCTOBER 21 2005.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$