000 CDUS43 KDMX 060659 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1246 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 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 53 305 PM 75 1909 52 1 63 MINIMUM 45 619 AM 14 1951 34 11 29 AVERAGE 49 43 6 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 1.29 1905 0.08 0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.40 -0.28 1.04 SINCE SEP 1 2.45 6.17 -3.72 4.41 SINCE JAN 1 25.87 31.69 -5.82 35.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.7 1959 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.9 -0.9 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 22 -6 19 MONTH TO DATE 59 104 -45 104 SINCE SEP 1 458 593 -135 484 SINCE JUL 1 458 600 -142 512 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 PM LOWEST 61 1200 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 76 1909 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 10 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 653 AM CST SUNSET 503 PM CST NOVEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 502 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 5 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 1133 AM 76 1924 53 5 59 MINIMUM 44 715 AM 20 1973 35 9 29 AVERAGE 51 44 7 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.23 1.55 1938 0.09 0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.23 0.41 -0.18 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 2.95 7.23 -4.28 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.72 32.57 -9.85 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM 0.9 1959 T MM 0.0 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 14 21 -7 21 MONTH TO DATE 59 99 -40 99 SINCE SEP 1 501 538 -37 542 SINCE JUL 1 501 552 -51 596 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 PM LOWEST 56 200 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 74 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 14 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 6 2005......SUNRISE 647 AM CST SUNSET 459 PM CST NOVEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 458 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$