000 CDUS43 KDMX 280642 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT FRI OCT 28 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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 59 250 PM 84 1927 58 1 57 MINIMUM 30 718 AM 14 1925 38 -8 53 AVERAGE 45 48 -3 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 1918 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.30 -1.43 1.44 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 5.45 -3.17 3.21 SINCE JAN 1 25.70 30.97 -5.27 34.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.4 1980 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 20 17 3 10 MONTH TO DATE 308 312 -4 313 SINCE SEP 1 350 415 -65 341 SINCE JUL 1 350 422 -72 369 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 SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 84 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 7 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT OCTOBER 29 2005.......SUNRISE 743 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. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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 58 249 PM 87 1927 58 0 57 MINIMUM 32 616 AM 19 1936 39 -7 53 AVERAGE 45 49 -4 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.90 1939 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.09 2.43 -1.34 2.67 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 6.50 -3.82 3.54 SINCE JAN 1 22.45 31.84 -9.39 32.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1980 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 20 16 4 10 MONTH TO DATE 320 288 32 354 SINCE SEP 1 383 370 13 407 SINCE JUL 1 383 384 -1 461 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 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 40 400 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 84 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 12 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 610 PM CDT OCTOBER 29 2005.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 609 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ KINNEY