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CLIMCW

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1231 AM CST FRI NOV 6 2009


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...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         59    148 PM  74    1918  48     11       65
  MINIMUM         24    438 AM   0    1951  29     -5       51
  AVERAGE         42                        38      4       58

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1979   0.07  -0.07     1.01
  MONTH TO DATE    0.02                      0.36  -0.34     1.01
  SINCE SEP 1      8.67                      6.14   2.53     7.15
  SINCE JAN 1     29.74                     31.80  -2.06    40.23

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY       MM             4.0  1941   0.1   MM        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.5   -0.5      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.3                       1.1   -0.8       T
  SINCE JUL 1      0.3                       1.1   -0.8       T
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       23                        27     -4        7
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       127     -3       39
  SINCE SEP 1    926                       794    132      672
  SINCE JUL 1    997                       844    153      690

 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
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM
 LOWEST     39           300 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        75      1916
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         0      1991


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER  6 2009......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST
NOVEMBER  7 2009......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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