000 CDUS43 KDMX 220648 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 55 1158 AM 86 1947 61 -6 57 MINIMUM 39 631 AM 21 1930 40 -1 50 AVERAGE 47 51 -4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1908 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 1.82 -0.98 0.84 SINCE JUN 1 11.54 18.23 -6.69 14.05 SINCE JAN 1 25.67 30.49 -4.82 33.78 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1888 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 18 14 4 11 MONTH TO DATE 173 216 -43 263 SINCE SEP 1 215 319 -104 291 SINCE JUL 1 215 326 -111 319 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 18 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 59 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 87 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2005.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 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 21 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 60 115 PM 87 1947 62 -2 59 MINIMUM 39 657 AM 18 1930 42 -3 51 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.25 1900 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 1.09 1.95 -0.86 2.20 SINCE JUN 1 11.89 19.01 -7.12 18.89 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.36 -8.91 31.91 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 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 15 13 2 10 MONTH TO DATE 184 198 -14 299 SINCE SEP 1 247 280 -33 352 SINCE JUL 1 247 294 -47 406 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 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 47 100 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 22 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2005.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 618 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$