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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
152 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         57    407 PM  87    1938  67    -10       72       
  MINIMUM         39    641 AM  23    1895  45     -6       43       
  AVERAGE         48                        56     -8       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.38 1985   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.36                      0.81  -0.45     0.51    
  SINCE JUN 1     11.06                     17.22  -6.16    13.72    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.19                     29.48  -4.29    33.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1987   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       17                         9      8        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   81                        72      9       83       
  SINCE SEP 1    123                       175    -52      111       
  SINCE JUL 1    123                       182    -59      139       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                         9     35        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       119    128      139       
  SINCE JAN 1   1329                      1049    280      783       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  92 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        26      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 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 9 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         58    400 PM  91    1938  67     -9       71       
  MINIMUM         36    659 AM  25    2000  46    -10       39       
  AVERAGE         47                        57    -10       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.65 1985   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.16                      0.93  -0.77     1.81    
  SINCE JUN 1     10.96                     17.99  -7.03    18.50    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.52                     30.34  -8.82    31.52    
                                                                     
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       18                         9      9       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                        66     16      108       
  SINCE SEP 1    145                       148     -3      161       
  SINCE JUL 1    145                       162    -17      215       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   35                         7     28        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    203                       107     96      100       
  SINCE JAN 1   1105                      1088     17      661       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        89      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        25      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2005.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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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