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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
138 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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         89    205 PM  95    1997  69     20       76       
  MINIMUM         70    643 AM  26    1987  43     27       43       
  AVERAGE         80                        56     24       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.90 1925   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.25  -0.25     0.36    
  SINCE JUN 1     17.69                     16.30   1.39    12.23    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.61                     27.70  -0.09    31.00    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1999   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                        10    -10        5       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        29    -29       39       
  SINCE SEP 1     72                       184   -112      113       
  SINCE JUL 1     84                       211   -127      201       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         1     14        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                         3     19        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    141                        73     68      133       
  SINCE JAN 1    842                       754     88      611       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        89      1938                    
                                             1922                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        22      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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 OCTOBER 3 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         90    204 PM  95    1997  67     23       75       
  MINIMUM         69    658 AM  25    1996  43     26       36       
  AVERAGE         80                        55     25       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.86 1942   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.27  -0.27     0.44    
  SINCE JUN 1     21.84                     17.37   4.47    18.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.09                     29.21   7.88    38.63    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        11    -11        9       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        31    -31       48       
  SINCE SEP 1     82                       191   -109      155       
  SINCE JUL 1    105                       241   -136      281       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         0     15        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   23                         1     22        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    114                        40     74       76       
  SINCE JAN 1    757                       655    102      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     44           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    66                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1935                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 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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