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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
338 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         66    503 PM  93    1918  68     -2       73       
  MINIMUM         25    513 AM  22    1907  43    -18       40       
  AVERAGE         46                        55     -9       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.00 1913   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.48  -0.48      T      
  SINCE MAR 1      3.83                      5.84  -2.01     5.64    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.70                      7.73  -1.03     7.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  1935   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      1.7                       7.0   -5.3      3.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     20.2                      34.9  -14.7     25.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        10      9        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   99                        43     56       69       
  SINCE MAR 1   1380                      1517   -137     1305       
  SINCE JUL 1   6416                      7157   -741     6664       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      4                         9     -5       11       
  SINCE JAN 1      4                         9     -5       11       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    56                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        92      1909                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        29      1968                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   814 PM CDT   
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         69    357 PM  90    1918  66      3       68       
  MINIMUM         26    423 AM  24    1910  43    -17       39       
  AVERAGE         48                        54     -6       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.21 2003   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.51  -0.51     0.18    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.43                      6.11   1.32     6.04    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.93                      8.01   2.92     8.02    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   T      0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                      MM     MM        0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     13.2                       8.7    4.5      2.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     33.3                      39.6   -6.3     31.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        11      6       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   97                        47     50       73       
  SINCE MAR 1   1521                      1603    -82     1428       
  SINCE JUL 1   6946                      7544   -598     7238       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      2                         1      1        9       
  SINCE JAN 1      2                         1      1        9       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     19          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    50                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        91      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        24      1900                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT   
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 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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