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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
142 AM CDT WED OCT 26 2005

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...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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         53    424 PM  87    1927  59     -6       64       
  MINIMUM         33    718 AM  14    1887  38     -5       47       
  AVERAGE         43                        49     -6       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.42 1986   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      2.14  -1.27     0.85    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.28                      5.29  -3.01     2.62    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.70                     30.81  -5.11    33.79    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.7  1898   T      0.0      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       22                        16      6        9       
  MONTH TO DATE  266                       278    -12      292       
  SINCE SEP 1    308                       381    -73      320       
  SINCE JUL 1    308                       388    -80      348       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   44                        12     32        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    247                       122    125      139       
  SINCE JAN 1   1329                      1052    277      783       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    10   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  98 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   58        85      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        16      1942                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE   739 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 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 25 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         54    344 PM  88    1927  60     -6       65       
  MINIMUM         31   1128 PM  23    1962  40     -9       42       
  AVERAGE         43                        50     -7       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1899   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      2.27  -1.18     2.33    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.68                      6.34  -3.66     3.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.45                     31.68  -9.23    32.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  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       22                        15      7       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  276                       256     20      334       
  SINCE SEP 1    339                       338      1      387       
  SINCE JUL 1    339                       352    -13      441       
                                                                     
 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     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     45           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        18      1942                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 26 2005.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 27 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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