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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
143 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         70    222 PM  86    1938  63      7       46       
  MINIMUM         29    633 AM  22    1952  38     -9       30       
  AVERAGE         50                        50      0       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1911   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.37                      1.29  -0.92     0.45    
  SINCE JUN 1     18.06                     17.34   0.72    12.32    
  SINCE JAN 1     27.98                     28.74  -0.76    31.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1992                          
  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       15                        15      0       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       195    -23      232       
  SINCE SEP 1    244                       350   -106      306       
  SINCE JUL 1    256                       377   -121      394       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   37                         7     30        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    156                        77     79      133       
  SINCE JAN 1    857                       758     99      611       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        84      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        21      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 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 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         68    213 PM  85    1938  60      8       42       
  MINIMUM         33    628 AM  22    1943  37     -4       27       
  AVERAGE         51                        49      2       35      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.06          2.09 1928   0.08  -0.02     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.50                      1.35  -0.85     0.64    
  SINCE JUN 1     22.34                     18.45   3.89    19.10    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.59                     30.29   7.30    38.83    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             5.5  1937   0.0   MM        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       14                        16     -2       30       
  MONTH TO DATE  178                       206    -28      270       
  SINCE SEP 1    260                       366   -106      377       
  SINCE JUL 1    283                       416   -133      503       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   37                         1     36        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    128                        40     88       76       
  SINCE JAN 1    771                       655    116      385       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     27           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        85      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        18      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2005.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2005.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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