AFOS product CLIALO
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KDMX 200738
CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
238 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005

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

...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         80    324 PM  95    1925  74      6       88       
  MINIMUM         55   1159 PM  32    1991  49      6       63       
  AVERAGE         68                        61      7       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.55          4.50 1919   0.09   0.46     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.56                      1.96  -0.40     0.59    
  SINCE JUN 1     16.19                     15.06   1.13    11.81    
  SINCE JAN 1     26.11                     26.46  -0.35    30.58    
                                                                     
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                         6     -6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   20                        73    -53       23       
  SINCE SEP 1     20                        73    -53       23       
  SINCE JUL 1     32                       100    -68      111       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         2      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                        56     49      109       
  SINCE SEP 1    105                        56     49      109       
  SINCE JAN 1    806                       737     69      587       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        94      1908                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        27      1991                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE   655 AM CDT   SUNSET   710 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE   656 AM CDT   SUNSET   708 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

&&

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

...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    344 PM  95    1948  72      5       85       
  MINIMUM         52   1144 PM  25    1894  48      4       59       
  AVERAGE         65                        60      5       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.88          4.57 1983   0.10   1.78     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.84                      2.22   3.62     4.27    
  SINCE JUN 1     18.78                     16.04   2.74    18.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.03                     27.88   6.15    38.05    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   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                         6     -6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   18                        75    -57       43       
  SINCE SEP 1     18                        75    -57       43       
  SINCE JUL 1     41                       125    -84      169       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   75                        36     39       65       
  SINCE SEP 1     75                        36     39       65       
  SINCE JAN 1    718                       651     67      374       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        90      1895                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        28      1897                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 20 2005.....SUNRISE   659 AM CDT   SUNSET   714 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 21 2005.....SUNRISE   700 AM CDT   SUNSET   712 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

$$

SMALL