000 CDUS43 KDMX 050655 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 AM CST SAT NOV 5 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 4 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 61 240 PM 75 1909 53 8 54 MINIMUM 42 747 AM 4 1991 34 8 34 AVERAGE 52 44 8 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 1959 0.08 -0.08 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.32 -0.32 1.04 SINCE SEP 1 2.33 6.09 -3.76 4.41 SINCE JAN 1 25.75 31.61 -5.86 35.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1910 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 21 -8 21 MONTH TO DATE 43 82 -39 85 SINCE SEP 1 442 571 -129 465 SINCE JUL 1 442 578 -136 493 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 247 122 125 142 SINCE JAN 1 1329 1052 277 786 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 37 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 75 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 14 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 503 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 NOVEMBER 4 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 64 233 PM 76 1978 54 10 55 MINIMUM 39 703 AM 6 1991 36 3 33 AVERAGE 52 45 7 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.25 1938 0.08 -0.08 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.32 -0.32 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 2.72 7.14 -4.42 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.49 32.48 -9.99 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 T 0.0 0.0 2001 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 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 13 20 -7 21 MONTH TO DATE 45 78 -33 78 SINCE SEP 1 487 517 -30 521 SINCE JUL 1 487 531 -44 575 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 203 107 96 106 SINCE JAN 1 1105 1088 17 667 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (70) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 39 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 76 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 20 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 5 2005......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 500 PM CST NOVEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 459 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$