000 CDUS43 KDMX 120644 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1240 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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 71 352 PM 73 1964 49 22 44 MINIMUM 37 727 AM 0 1986 31 6 30 AVERAGE 54 40 14 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.58 1879 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.85 -0.73 1.40 SINCE SEP 1 2.45 6.62 -4.17 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 25.87 32.14 -6.27 35.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.5 1940 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 25 -14 28 MONTH TO DATE 136 245 -109 207 SINCE SEP 1 535 734 -199 587 SINCE JUL 1 535 741 -206 615 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 S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 77 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 67 900 PM LOWEST 31 100 PM AVERAGE 49 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 71 1902 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 4 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 12 2005......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST NOVEMBER 13 2005......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 456 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 11 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 68 250 PM 76 1964 50 18 46 MINIMUM 36 641 AM 5 1986 33 3 30 AVERAGE 52 42 10 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.76 1982 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 0.26 0.95 -0.69 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 2.98 7.77 -4.79 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.75 33.11 -10.36 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1968 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 23 -10 27 MONTH TO DATE 146 233 -87 206 SINCE SEP 1 588 672 -84 649 SINCE JUL 1 588 686 -98 703 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 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 80 1100 PM LOWEST 37 1200 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 71 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 8 1986 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 12 2005......SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 453 PM CST NOVEMBER 13 2005......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$