AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KDMX 240651
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1248 AM CST MON JAN 24 2005

................................... 

...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 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         24    511 PM  59    1909  29     -5       53       
  MINIMUM          4    255 AM -22    1963  12     -8       19       
  AVERAGE         14                        20     -6       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.52 1894   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.84                      0.72   0.12     0.63    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.44                      2.05  -0.61     1.81    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.84                      0.72   0.12     0.63    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           5.5  1894   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   10.1                       6.4    3.7      6.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     11.2                      14.1   -2.9     17.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     12.3                      19.0   -6.7     17.5     
  SNOW DEPTH       4                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        45      6       29       
  MONTH TO DATE 1070                      1032     38      938       
  SINCE DEC 1   2163                      2259    -96     1990       
  SINCE JUL 1   3244                      3559   -315     3255       
                                                                     
 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       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  11 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           900 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   29        62      1981                    
                                             1967                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12       -21      1894                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 24 2005.......SUNRISE   733 AM CST   SUNSET   521 PM CST   
JANUARY 25 2005.......SUNRISE   732 AM CST   SUNSET   522 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 JANUARY 23 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         23    517 PM  64    1942  30     -7       48       
  MINIMUM          5    229 AM -21    1963  14     -9       15       
  AVERAGE         14                        22     -8       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1898   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.93                      0.69   0.24     1.13    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.10                      2.01   0.09     3.59    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.93                      0.69   0.24     1.13    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY         MM           3.3  1979   0.3     MM      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE     MM                       4.9     MM      8.5     
  SINCE DEC 1       MM                      10.7     MM     14.0     
  SINCE JUL 1       MM                      13.1     MM     14.0     
  SNOW DEPTH        MM                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        43      8       33       
  MONTH TO DATE 1026                       998     28      945       
  SINCE DEC 1   2125                      2188    -63     1994       
  SINCE JUL 1   3290                      3410   -120     3294       
                                                                     
 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       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     68           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        59      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -10      1963                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 24 2005.......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   517 PM CST   
JANUARY 25 2005.......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   518 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

$$

KINNEY