000 CDUS43 KDMX 270725 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 225 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 52 341 PM 85 1927 58 -6 57 MINIMUM 33 721 AM 16 1942 38 -5 51 AVERAGE 43 48 -5 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.11 1918 0.08 -0.08 0.58 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.22 -1.35 1.43 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 5.37 -3.09 3.20 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 30.89 -5.19 34.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.6 1997 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 17 5 11 MONTH TO DATE 288 295 -7 303 SINCE SEP 1 330 398 -68 331 SINCE JUL 1 330 405 -75 359 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 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 11 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 84 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE 741 AM CDT SUNSET 616 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE 742 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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 54 123 PM 88 1940 59 -5 58 MINIMUM 27 435 AM 18 1942 39 -12 51 AVERAGE 41 49 -8 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1997 0.08 -0.08 0.33 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.35 -1.26 2.66 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.42 -3.74 3.53 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.76 -9.31 32.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.8 1997 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 24 16 8 10 MONTH TO DATE 300 272 28 344 SINCE SEP 1 363 354 9 397 SINCE JUL 1 363 368 -5 451 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 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 8 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 46 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 87 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 610 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$