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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1243 AM CST MON JAN 17 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          7    332 PM  51    1990  25    -18       36       
  MINIMUM        -13   1150 PM -26    1977   5    -18       28       
  AVERAGE         -3                        15    -18       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.91 1980   0.03  -0.03     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.16                      0.39   0.77     0.17    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.68                      1.50   0.18     0.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.16                      0.39   0.77     0.17    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.3  1994   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.3                       3.7    7.6      2.5     
  SINCE DEC 1     13.0                      11.2    1.8      8.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     13.0                      16.1   -3.1      8.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       6                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       68                        50     18       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  807                       793     14      675       
  SINCE DEC 1   2028                      2136   -108     1839       
  SINCE JUL 1   3373                      3699   -326     3324       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     63          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   25        54      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    6       -28      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 17 2005.......SUNRISE   736 AM CST   SUNSET   504 PM CST   
JANUARY 18 2005.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          6    402 PM  44    1990  22    -16       35       
  MINIMUM        -12   1159 PM -25    1977   4    -16       26       
  AVERAGE         -3                        13    -16       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.10 1897   0.04  -0.04     0.08    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.53  -0.02     0.08    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      1.61  -0.62     0.79    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.51                      0.53  -0.02     0.08    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.0  1930   0.4   -0.4      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    8.0                       6.0    2.0      0.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     11.7                      14.0   -2.3      8.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     13.2                      19.6   -6.4      8.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       5                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       68                        52     16       34       
  MONTH TO DATE  856                       825     31      708       
  SINCE DEC 1   2143                      2253   -110     1959       
  SINCE JUL 1   3728                      3936   -208     3641       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   22        49      1996                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    4       -24      1930                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 17 2005.......SUNRISE   741 AM CST   SUNSET   506 PM CST   
JANUARY 18 2005.......SUNRISE   740 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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