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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
201 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         88    249 PM  92    1938  69     19       56       
  MINIMUM         72    648 AM  29    1999  47     25       39       
  AVERAGE         80                        58     22       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.07 1941   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.36  -0.35     0.23    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.71                     16.77  -6.06    13.44    
  SINCE JAN 1     24.84                     29.03  -4.19    33.17    
                                                                     
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                         8     -8       17       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        29    -29       56       
  SINCE SEP 1     42                       132    -90       84       
  SINCE JUL 1     42                       139    -97      112       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         1     14        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                         4     40        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       114    133      139       
  SINCE JAN 1   1329                      1044    285      783       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  85 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     50           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        30      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   648 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 OCTOBER 4 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         86    225 PM  96    1938  69     17       56       
  MINIMUM         70    728 AM  23    1935  48     22       33       
  AVERAGE         78                        59     19       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.04 1959   0.11  -0.11     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.44  -0.41     1.05    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.83                     17.50  -6.67    17.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.39                     29.85  -8.46    30.76    
                                                                     
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                         7     -7       20       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        26    -26       64       
  SINCE SEP 1     63                       108    -45      117       
  SINCE JUL 1     63                       122    -59      171       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                         1     12        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   35                         4     31        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    203                       104     99      100       
  SINCE JAN 1   1105                      1085     20      661       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    97           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        93      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        31      2004                    
                                             1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   643 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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