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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
152 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    331 PM 105    1937  83     -1       74       
  MINIMUM         56    555 AM  43    1992  60     -4       59       
  AVERAGE         69                        72     -3       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.94 1965   0.13  -0.13     0.43    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.28                      2.18  -0.90     3.36    
  SINCE JUN 1     13.11                     11.20   1.91    10.00    
  SINCE JAN 1     23.03                     22.60   0.43    28.77    
                                                                     
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       47       
  SINCE JUN 1      6                        36    -30      113       
  SINCE JUL 1      3                         7     -4       65       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         6     -2        2       
  MONTH TO DATE  110                       117     -7       56       
  SINCE JUN 1    621                       546     75      358       
  SINCE JAN 1    639                       600     39      415       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    12   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.8                                         
                                                                     
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          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       105      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        46      1962                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   808 PM CDT   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   806 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 MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    350 PM 101    1937  81      1       75       
  MINIMUM         54    445 AM  40    1897  59     -5       56       
  AVERAGE         68                        70     -2       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.77 1980   0.15  -0.15     0.48    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.36                      2.38  -1.02     3.19    
  SINCE JUN 1     11.41                     11.68  -0.27    13.53    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.66                     23.52   3.14    33.26    
                                                                     
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                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                        14    -11       60       
  SINCE JUN 1     11                        64    -53      156       
  SINCE JUL 1      8                        27    -19       84       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         6     -3        1       
  MONTH TO DATE   94                       111    -17       38       
  SINCE JUN 1    575                       499     76      249       
  SINCE JAN 1    584                       542     42      272       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81       101      1988                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        43      1895                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 17 2005........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   812 PM CDT   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   811 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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