000 CDUS43 KDMX 070711 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 100 AM CST MON NOV 7 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 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 55 350 PM 76 1909 52 3 75 MINIMUM 43 1026 AM 10 1991 33 10 40 AVERAGE 49 43 6 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.93 2000 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.48 -0.36 1.04 SINCE SEP 1 2.45 6.25 -3.80 4.41 SINCE JAN 1 25.87 31.77 -5.90 35.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.3 1991 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 22 -6 7 MONTH TO DATE 75 126 -51 111 SINCE SEP 1 474 615 -141 491 SINCE JUL 1 474 622 -148 519 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 (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 66 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 79 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 -3 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 502 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 501 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 6 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 56 214 PM 74 1980 53 3 73 MINIMUM 42 742 PM 14 1991 35 7 38 AVERAGE 49 44 5 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.81 2000 0.09 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.26 0.50 -0.24 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 2.98 7.32 -4.34 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.75 32.66 -9.91 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 1991 T 0.0 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 16 21 -5 9 MONTH TO DATE 75 120 -45 108 SINCE SEP 1 517 559 -42 551 SINCE JUL 1 517 573 -56 605 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 61 400 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 77 1937 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 -5 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2005......SUNRISE 648 AM CST SUNSET 458 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2005......SUNRISE 649 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$