000 CDUS43 KDMX 240704 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 139 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 47 339 PM 84 1899 60 -13 67 MINIMUM 32 650 AM 21 1937 39 -7 46 AVERAGE 40 50 -10 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 1.19 1977 0.08 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 1.98 -1.11 0.85 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 5.13 -2.85 2.62 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 30.65 -4.95 33.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.8 1938 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 25 15 10 8 MONTH TO DATE 219 246 -27 273 SINCE SEP 1 261 349 -88 301 SINCE JUL 1 261 356 -95 329 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 71 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 82 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 618 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 23 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 46 434 PM 83 1963 61 -15 69 MINIMUM 34 724 AM 21 1936 41 -7 45 AVERAGE 40 51 -11 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.55 2000 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.11 -1.02 2.33 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.18 -3.50 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.52 -9.07 32.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.0 2002 0.0 MM 0.0 2001 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 25 14 11 8 MONTH TO DATE 229 226 3 312 SINCE SEP 1 292 308 -16 365 SINCE JUL 1 292 322 -30 419 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 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 70 1100 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 616 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$