000 CDUS43 KDMX 260648 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT WED OCT 26 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 53 424 PM 87 1927 59 -6 64 MINIMUM 33 718 AM 14 1887 38 -5 47 AVERAGE 43 49 -6 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.42 1986 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.14 -1.27 0.85 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 5.29 -3.01 2.62 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 30.81 -5.11 33.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1898 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 22 16 6 9 MONTH TO DATE 266 278 -12 292 SINCE SEP 1 308 381 -73 320 SINCE JUL 1 308 388 -80 348 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 98 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 44 500 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 85 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 16 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE 741 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 54 344 PM 88 1927 60 -6 65 MINIMUM 31 1128 PM 23 1962 40 -9 42 AVERAGE 43 50 -7 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1899 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.27 -1.18 2.33 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.34 -3.66 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.68 -9.23 32.04 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 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 22 15 7 11 MONTH TO DATE 276 256 20 334 SINCE SEP 1 339 338 1 387 SINCE JUL 1 339 352 -13 441 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 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 88 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 18 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 613 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$