AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KDMX 090655
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
145 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2005

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

...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         80    212 PM  94    1934  70     10       86       
  MINIMUM         62   1159 PM  32    1954  48     14       53       
  AVERAGE         71                        59     12       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.41 1950   0.13  -0.13     0.40    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         1.04  -1.04     0.43    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.34                      6.83  -0.49     8.12    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.97                      9.05  -0.08    11.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1938   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        0                         7     -7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   85                        63     22       65       
  SINCE MAR 1   1148                      1328   -180     1109       
  SINCE JUL 1   5546                      6330   -784     5969       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         1      5        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         8      7       14       
  SINCE MAR 1     34                        21     13       37       
  SINCE JAN 1     34                        21     13       37       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    37   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    44   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  69 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     58           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        94      1895                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        32      1923                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  9 2005...........SUNRISE   601 AM CDT   SUNSET   821 PM CDT   
MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   822 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

&&
................................... 

...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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         80    137 PM  92    1934  70     10       87       
  MINIMUM         61   1159 PM  35    1980  50     11       52       
  AVERAGE         71                        60     11       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          1.28 1996   0.14  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      1.10  -1.02      T      
  SINCE MAR 1      MM                        6.73   MM       5.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      MM                        8.89   MM       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      MM                        5.6    MM       9.4     
  SINCE JUL 1      MM                       27.1    MM      38.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         7     -7        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   98                        61     37       67       
  SINCE MAR 1   1254                      1261     -7     1125       
  SINCE JUL 1   5685                      6048   -363     5989       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         2      4        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                         9      3       15       
  SINCE MAR 1     21                        17      4       41       
  SINCE JAN 1     21                        17      4       41       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    43   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        91      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        31      1947                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  9 2005...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 PM CDT   
MAY 10 2005...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   816 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

$$