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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
206 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         58    433 PM  88    1949  68    -10       61       
  MINIMUM         30    412 AM  29    1907  47    -17       33       
  AVERAGE         44                        57    -13       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.62 1913   0.13  -0.13      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.39  -0.39     0.03    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.34                      6.18   0.16     7.72    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.97                      8.40   0.57    10.69    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.2  1907   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      1.2                       6.8   -5.6     17.5     
  SINCE JUL 1     19.8                      36.4  -16.6     58.4     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                         8     13       18       
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        26     39       53       
  SINCE MAR 1   1128                      1291   -163     1097       
  SINCE JUL 1   5526                      6293   -767     5957       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     19                        16      3       23       
  SINCE JAN 1     19                        16      3       23       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     16           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    47                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        26      1907                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2005...........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         57    400 PM  88    1949  68    -11       61       
  MINIMUM         24R   517 AM  29    2004  48    -24       29       
  AVERAGE         41                        58    -17       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.08 1984   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.40  -0.40     0.00    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.04                      6.03  -0.99     5.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.41                      8.19   0.22     8.10    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                       5.6   -5.6      9.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      7.0                      27.1  -20.1     38.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                         8     16       20       
  MONTH TO DATE   72                        25     47       52       
  SINCE MAR 1   1228                      1225      3     1110       
  SINCE JUL 1   5659                      6012   -353     5974       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      9                        11     -2       26       
  SINCE JAN 1      9                        11     -2       26       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
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    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     21           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        88      1949                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        31      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2005...........SUNRISE   604 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 PM CDT   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   811 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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