000 CDUS43 KDVN 212124 CLICID CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 422 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ................................... ...THE CEDAR RAPIDS IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 69 252 PM 99 1916 82 -13 87 MINIMUM 64 1210 PM 45 1950 60 4 68 AVERAGE 67 71 -4 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.45 MM MM 0.14 0.31 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 2.90 -0.97 3.17 SINCE JUN 1 17.96 11.43 6.53 15.16 SINCE JAN 1 36.34 22.88 13.46 27.42 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 16 -15 0 SINCE JUN 1 5 45 -40 12 SINCE JUL 1 1 20 -19 1 COOLING TODAY 2 7 -5 13 MONTH TO DATE 108 179 -71 219 SINCE JUN 1 481 662 -181 601 SINCE JAN 1 497 723 -226 699 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 90 200 PM AVERAGE 95 .......................................................... THE CEDAR RAPIDS IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 100 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 47 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$