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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
139 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2005

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...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         48    415 PM  86    1899  59    -11       66       
  MINIMUM         31    336 AM  17    1936  35     -4       44       
  AVERAGE         40                        47     -7       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          1.98 1957   0.08  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.43                      1.85  -1.42     0.59    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.49                      4.80  -1.31     1.24    
  SINCE JAN 1     28.04                     29.30  -1.26    31.23    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             1.6  1929   0.0   MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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       25                        18      7       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  289                       314    -25      334       
  SINCE SEP 1    361                       469   -108      408       
  SINCE JUL 1    373                       496   -123      496       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     71           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        81      1899                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        19      1896                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   612 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 23 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         48    156 PM  82    1963  57     -9       63       
  MINIMUM         32   1046 PM  12    1896  34     -2       41       
  AVERAGE         40                        46     -6       52      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          2.29 1991   0.08  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.57                      1.91  -1.34     0.68    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.47                      5.19   4.28     5.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.66                     30.85   6.81    38.87    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM             3.0  1976   T     MM        0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 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       25                        19      6       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  298                       331    -33      386       
  SINCE SEP 1    380                       491   -111      493       
  SINCE JUL 1    403                       541   -138      619       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     66           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        79      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        14      1896                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   740 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 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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