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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
203 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 14 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         91    421 PM 108    1936  86      5       82       
  MINIMUM         71    458 AM  49    1967  66      5       64       
  AVERAGE         81                        76      5       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.64 1942   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.78                      1.90  -1.12     3.60    
  SINCE JUN 1      5.46                      6.47  -1.01     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.60                     18.73   0.87    25.79    
                                                                     
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 JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        17    -17       21       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        12      4        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  161                       152      9      111       
  SINCE JUN 1    456                       371     85      253       
  SINCE JAN 1    512                       444     68      368       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       108      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1930                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 15 2005..........SUNRISE   554 AM CDT   SUNSET   847 PM CDT   
JULY 16 2005..........SUNRISE   555 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.                                          

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...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 14 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         92    410 PM 114    1936  86      6       81       
  MINIMUM         65    505 AM  48    1926  67     -2       59       
  AVERAGE         79                        77      2       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.32 1899   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      2.09  -1.88     1.40    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.77                      6.60  -2.83     4.54    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.35                     18.95  -4.60    17.56    
                                                                     
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 JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        1       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        10    -10       40       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                        12      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE  120                       158    -38      104       
  SINCE JUN 1    388                       391     -3      233       
  SINCE JAN 1    426                       481    -55      349       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
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    93           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       115      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        47      1930                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 15 2005..........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 PM CDT   
JULY 16 2005..........SUNRISE   551 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 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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