000 CDUS43 KDMX 240634 CLIMCW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 ................................... ...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 23 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 53 214 PM 58 1931 37 16 43 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM -9 1898 21 22 16 AVERAGE 48 29 19 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.11 1931 0.06 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 1.57 -1.54 3.26 SINCE SEP 1 8.68 7.35 1.33 9.40 SINCE JAN 1 29.75 33.01 -3.26 42.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.0 1977 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 3.6 -3.6 0.3 SINCE SEP 1 0.3 4.2 -3.9 0.3 SINCE JUL 1 0.3 4.2 -3.9 0.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 36 -19 35 MONTH TO DATE 515 698 -183 674 SINCE SEP 1 1317 1365 -48 1307 SINCE JUL 1 1388 1415 -27 1325 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 14 40 -26 40 SINCE JAN 1 331 655 -324 494 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 71 200 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 63 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -11 1898 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE 718 AM CST SUNSET 442 PM CST NOVEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE 719 AM CST SUNSET 442 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$