000 CDUS43 KDMX 230712 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 204 AM CDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 53 326 PM 87 1899 61 -8 70 MINIMUM 35 719 AM 21 1976 40 -5 56 AVERAGE 44 50 -6 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.76 1996 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 1.90 -1.06 0.85 SINCE SEP 1 2.25 5.05 -2.80 2.62 SINCE JAN 1 25.67 30.57 -4.90 33.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.5 1888 T MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 21 15 6 2 MONTH TO DATE 194 231 -37 265 SINCE SEP 1 236 334 -98 293 SINCE JUL 1 236 341 -105 321 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 NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 7 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 84 1899 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1937 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE 737 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 51 111 PM 86 1940 61 -10 65 MINIMUM 38 700 AM 22 1976 41 -3 55 AVERAGE 45 51 -6 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.88 2001 0.08 -0.08 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.03 -0.94 2.33 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.10 -3.42 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.44 -8.99 32.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 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 20 14 6 5 MONTH TO DATE 204 212 -8 304 SINCE SEP 1 267 294 -27 357 SINCE JUL 1 267 308 -41 411 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 41 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 21 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2005.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 616 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$