000 CDUS43 KDMX 250648 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 47 129 PM 82 1927 60 -13 72 MINIMUM 32 720 AM 21 1887 39 -7 38 AVERAGE 40 49 -9 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.96 1908 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.06 -1.19 0.85 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 5.21 -2.93 2.62 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 30.73 -5.03 33.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.4 1962 T 0.0 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 16 9 10 MONTH TO DATE 244 262 -18 283 SINCE SEP 1 286 365 -79 311 SINCE JUL 1 286 372 -86 339 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 5 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 400 AM LOWEST 53 1200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 87 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 618 PM CDT OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE 739 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 48 157 PM 85 1940 60 -12 71 MINIMUM 32 655 AM 23 1942 40 -8 36 AVERAGE 40 50 -10 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.05 1967 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.19 -1.10 2.33 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.26 -3.58 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.60 -9.15 32.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1962 0.0 0.0 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 25 15 10 11 MONTH TO DATE 254 241 13 323 SINCE SEP 1 317 323 -6 376 SINCE JUL 1 317 337 -20 430 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 200 AM LOWEST 54 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 88 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 23 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 613 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$