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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
151 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 24 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         96    259 PM 107    1901  86     10       68       
  MINIMUM         80    649 AM  52    1906  67     13       59       
  AVERAGE         88                        77     11       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.45 1997   0.13  -0.13     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.30                      3.20  -0.90     3.92    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.98                      7.77  -0.79     6.38    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.11                     20.03   1.08    26.11    
                                                                     
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        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        1       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        17    -17       22       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         1     -1        1       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        12     11        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  338                       272     66      204       
  SINCE JUN 1    633                       491    142      346       
  SINCE JAN 1    689                       564    125      461       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  91 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       110      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        54      1905                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   839 PM CDT   
JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE   604 AM CDT   SUNSET   838 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 24 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    406 PM 111    1934  87     12       67       
  MINIMUM         73    537 AM  52    2003  68      5       58       
  AVERAGE         86                        77      9       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.96 1915   0.14  -0.14     0.10    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.40                      3.49  -3.09     2.10    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.96                      8.00  -4.04     5.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.52                     20.35  -5.83    18.26    
                                                                     
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        2       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        3       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                        10    -10       42       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        3       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        12      9        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  287                       278      9      179       
  SINCE JUN 1    555                       511     44      308       
  SINCE JAN 1    593                       601     -8      424       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5                                         
                                                                     
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           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   86       111      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        51      1933                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 25 2005..........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 PM CDT   
JULY 26 2005..........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   832 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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