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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1255 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25 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         44    218 PM  65    2000  36      8       39       
  MINIMUM         21   1147 PM -19    1940  17      4       28       
  AVERAGE         33                        27      6       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.57 1962   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.36                      0.90   0.46     1.28    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.42                      2.85   0.57     2.30    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.90                      1.74   1.16     1.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           7.0  1962   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.8                       6.7   -3.9      9.0     
  SINCE DEC 1     17.3                      22.4   -5.1     22.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.3                      27.3  -10.0     22.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        39     -7       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  896                      1088   -192     1120       
  SINCE DEC 1   3584                      3963   -379     3777       
  SINCE JUL 1   4929                      5526   -597     5262       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
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           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     57           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        64      1896                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -14      1897                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   556 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE   648 AM CST   SUNSET   557 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 FEBRUARY 25 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         39    120 PM  62    2000  33      6       33       
  MINIMUM         17   1156 PM -23    1940  16      1       23       
  AVERAGE         28                        25      3       28      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.88 1951   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.21                      0.79   1.42     1.55    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.39                      2.85   0.54     2.66    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.95                      1.77   1.18     1.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1929   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    2.1                       5.6   -3.5     15.7     
  SINCE DEC 1     16.3                      24.7   -8.4     29.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     17.8                      30.3  -12.5     29.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       37                        41     -4       37       
  MONTH TO DATE  913                      1126   -213     1192       
  SINCE DEC 1   3724                      4139   -415     4010       
  SINCE JUL 1   5309                      5822   -513     5692       
                                                                     
 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    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        57      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -20      1963                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   559 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 27 2005......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   600 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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