000 CDUS43 KDMX 010651 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 AM CST TUE NOV 1 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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 58 409 PM 86 1950 56 2 56 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 18 1949 36 5 33 AVERAGE 50 46 4 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.87 1922 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 0.92 2.62 -1.70 1.60 SINCE SEP 1 2.33 5.77 -3.44 3.37 SINCE JAN 1 25.75 31.29 -5.54 34.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1991 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 19 -4 20 MONTH TO DATE 357 386 -29 352 SINCE SEP 1 399 489 -90 380 SINCE JUL 1 399 496 -97 408 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 12 32 3 SINCE SEP 1 247 122 125 142 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1052 277 786 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 67 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 38 500 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 82 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 16 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST NOVEMBER 2 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST - 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 31 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 55 308 PM 85 1950 56 -1 61 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 16 1925 37 -3 34 AVERAGE 45 47 -2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.00 1900 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.13 2.75 -1.62 2.83 SINCE SEP 1 2.72 6.82 -4.10 3.70 SINCE JAN 1 22.49 32.16 -9.67 32.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.3 1954 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 18 2 17 MONTH TO DATE 379 357 22 390 SINCE SEP 1 442 439 3 443 SINCE JUL 1 442 453 -11 497 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 35 7 28 6 SINCE SEP 1 203 107 96 106 SINCE JAN 1 1105 1088 17 667 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 83 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 20 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 1 2005......SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 505 PM CST NOVEMBER 2 2005......SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL