000 CDUS43 KDMX 140703 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1254 AM CST MON NOV 14 2005 ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 13 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 52 315 PM 81 1999 48 4 47 MINIMUM 34 1155 PM -1 1940 30 4 26 AVERAGE 43 39 4 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.97 1929 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.99 -0.86 1.40 SINCE SEP 1 2.46 6.76 -4.30 4.77 SINCE JAN 1 25.88 32.28 -6.40 35.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.5 1972 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.3 -1.3 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 1.7 -1.7 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 26 -4 28 MONTH TO DATE 163 296 -133 264 SINCE SEP 1 562 785 -223 644 SINCE JUL 1 562 792 -230 672 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 39 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 70 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 500 AM LOWEST 28 400 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 73 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 -1 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 14 2005......SUNRISE 702 AM CST SUNSET 455 PM CST NOVEMBER 15 2005......SUNRISE 704 AM CST SUNSET 454 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 13 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 53 210 AM 78 1999 49 4 49 MINIMUM 29 1005 PM 3 1940 32 -3 22 AVERAGE 41 41 0 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.95 1929 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.41 1.13 -0.72 0.91 SINCE SEP 1 3.13 7.95 -4.82 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 22.90 33.29 -10.39 33.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.6 1972 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 24 0 29 MONTH TO DATE 178 281 -103 266 SINCE SEP 1 620 720 -100 709 SINCE JUL 1 620 734 -114 763 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1000 PM LOWEST 44 1200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 75 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 4 1959 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 14 2005......SUNRISE 657 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST NOVEMBER 15 2005......SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 451 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$