000 CDUS43 KDMX 090744 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 AM CST WED NOV 9 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 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 73 330 PM 80 1999 51 22 53 MINIMUM 47 544 AM -4 1991 32 15 35 AVERAGE 60 42 18 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.86 1879 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.64 -0.52 1.04 SINCE SEP 1 2.45 6.41 -3.96 4.41 SINCE JAN 1 25.87 31.93 -6.06 35.58 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.7 1932 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 23 -18 21 MONTH TO DATE 85 172 -87 149 SINCE SEP 1 484 661 -177 529 SINCE JUL 1 484 668 -184 557 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 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 61 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 58 100 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 77 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 15 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 9 2005......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 500 PM CST NOVEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 658 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. ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 8 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 70 418 PM 79 1999 52 18 51 MINIMUM 44 552 AM -3 1991 34 10 29 AVERAGE 57 43 14 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.30 1932 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.26 0.68 -0.42 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 2.98 7.50 -4.52 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.75 32.84 -10.09 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.4 1998 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 8 22 -14 25 MONTH TO DATE 92 164 -72 151 SINCE SEP 1 534 603 -69 594 SINCE JUL 1 534 617 -83 648 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 63 1200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 77 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 10 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 9 2005......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 456 PM CST NOVEMBER 10 2005......SUNRISE 652 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FAB