AFOS product CLIALO
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KDMX 310705
CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
156 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76    401 PM 100    1934  77     -1       76       
  MINIMUM         44    517 AM  35    1930  53     -9       61       
  AVERAGE         60                        65     -5       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.86 2000   0.15  -0.15     0.39    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.22                      4.00  -0.78    11.33    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.05                      9.36  -2.31    16.97    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.92                     11.25  -1.33    18.71    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   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     20.9                      34.9  -14.0     25.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         3      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  264                       202     62      171       
  SINCE MAR 1   1545                      1676   -131     1407       
  SINCE JUL 1   6581                      7316   -735     6766       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   14                        44    -30       45       
  SINCE MAR 1     18                        51    -33       56       
  SINCE JAN 1     18                        51    -33       56       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (80)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78       108      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        32      1897                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 31 2005...........SUNRISE   535 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT   
JUNE  1 2005..........SUNRISE   535 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          
&&

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

...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 30 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         75    518 PM  98    1934  76     -1       75       
  MINIMUM         44    438 AM  31    1930  52     -8       57       
  AVERAGE         60                        64     -4       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.83 1980   0.16  -0.16     0.16    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.60                      4.18   1.42    11.86    
  SINCE MAR 1     12.97                      9.78   3.19    17.72    
  SINCE JAN 1     15.94                     11.68   4.26    19.70    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     13.7                       8.7    5.0      2.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     34.3                      39.6   -5.3     31.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         4      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  270                       228     42      226       
  SINCE MAR 1   1694                      1784    -90     1581       
  SINCE JUL 1   7119                      7725   -606     7391       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         3     -3        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    7                        39    -32       14       
  SINCE MAR 1      9                        40    -31       23       
  SINCE JAN 1      9                        40    -31       23       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (90)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   76       104      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        35      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 31 2005...........SUNRISE   537 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT   
JUNE  1 2005..........SUNRISE   536 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$