AFOS product CLIDSM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KDMX 200645
CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
139 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

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

...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 19 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         88    333 PM 109    1934  86      2       87       
  MINIMUM         64    529 AM  52    1947  67     -3       63       
  AVERAGE         76                        77     -1       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.32 1904   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.03                      2.55  -0.52     3.60    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.71                      7.12  -0.41     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     20.85                     19.38   1.47    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       11                        12     -1       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  237                       212     25      154       
  SINCE JUN 1    532                       431    101      296       
  SINCE JAN 1    588                       504     84      411       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  92 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87       108      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1880                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 20 2005..........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   843 PM CDT   
JULY 21 2005..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   842 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 JULY 19 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         89    403 PM 110    1934  87      2       85       
  MINIMUM         59    516 AM  53    1910  68     -9       61       
  AVERAGE         74                        77     -3       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.08          2.47 1962   0.14  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      2.79  -2.39     1.47    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.96                      7.30  -3.34     4.61    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.54                     19.65  -5.11    17.63    
                                                                     
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        9                        12     -3        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  186                       218    -32      136       
  SINCE JUN 1    454                       451      3      265       
  SINCE JAN 1    492                       541    -49      381       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87       111      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        53      1941                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 20 2005..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 PM CDT   
JULY 21 2005..........SUNRISE   555 AM CDT   SUNSET   836 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$