000 CDUS43 KDMX 200632 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 257 PM 101 1983 84 1 86 MINIMUM 64 556 AM 49 1950 64 0 76 AVERAGE 75 74 1 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.03 1979 0.15 -0.15 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.70 2.83 -1.13 3.59 SINCE JUN 1 23.33 11.58 11.75 9.17 SINCE JAN 1 37.50 23.84 13.66 26.02 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 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 9 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 167 192 -25 275 SINCE JUN 1 695 764 -69 887 SINCE JAN 1 734 837 -103 1023 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 92 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1200 AM LOWEST 34 1200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 100 1983 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 40 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2008........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 311 PM 106 1913 84 -1 81 MINIMUM 60 428 AM 48 1950 64 -4 70 AVERAGE 72 74 -2 76 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 1949 0.13 -0.13 0.99 MONTH TO DATE 1.89 2.47 -0.58 3.88 SINCE JUN 1 19.68 11.43 8.25 13.19 SINCE JAN 1 35.83 23.78 12.05 29.80 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 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUN 1 3 12 -9 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 9 -2 11 MONTH TO DATE 132 201 -69 252 SINCE JUN 1 566 796 -230 740 SINCE JAN 1 591 886 -295 868 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 8 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 100 AM LOWEST 47 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 103 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 41 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2008........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL