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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
144 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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         98    326 PM 103    1941  87     11       77       
  MINIMUM         76    540 AM  52    1887  67      9       66       
  AVERAGE         87                        77     10       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.03 1896   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.30                      3.07  -0.77     3.89    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.98                      7.64  -0.66     6.35    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.11                     19.90   1.21    26.08    
                                                                     
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       22                        12     10        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  315                       260     55      204       
  SINCE JUN 1    610                       479    131      346       
  SINCE JAN 1    666                       552    114      461       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  96 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       107      1901                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        52      1906                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 24 2005..........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT   
JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 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 23 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         99    429 PM 108    1934  87     12       76       
  MINIMUM         75    549 AM  52    1947  68      7       66       
  AVERAGE         87                        77     10       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.29 1896   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      3.35  -2.95     2.00    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.96                      7.86  -3.90     5.14    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.52                     20.21  -5.69    18.16    
                                                                     
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       22                        12     10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  266                       266      0      179       
  SINCE JUN 1    534                       499     35      308       
  SINCE JAN 1    572                       589    -17      424       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         
                                                                     
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    87           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87       111      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        52      2003                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 24 2005..........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT   
JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 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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