701 CDUS43 KDMX 170637 CLIALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 324 PM 92 1936 72 6 70 MINIMUM 48 403 AM 30 1929 48 0 37 1921 AVERAGE 63 60 3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.03 1999 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.94 2.01 -0.07 1.43 SINCE MAR 1 14.34 7.37 6.97 7.51 SINCE JAN 1 17.67 9.26 8.41 9.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 5.1 7.0 -1.9 7.1 SINCE JUL 1 53.9 34.9 19.0 29.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 11 MONTH TO DATE 162 140 22 53 SINCE MAR 1 1822 1614 208 1413 SINCE JUL 1 7556 7254 302 6847 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 14 -14 26 SINCE MAR 1 0 21 -21 51 SINCE JAN 1 0 21 -21 51 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 700 AM LOWEST 21 500 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1925 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 545 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 544 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE MASON CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 446 PM 91 1936 71 6 65 MINIMUM 48 513 AM 26 1921 47 1 39 AVERAGE 63 59 4 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 2.18 1992 0.14 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.52 2.11 -0.59 2.38 SINCE MAR 1 8.29 7.71 0.58 10.72 SINCE JAN 1 10.21 9.61 0.60 13.43 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1992 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 4.9 8.7 -3.8 16.5 SINCE JUL 1 34.9 39.6 -4.7 52.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 7 -5 13 MONTH TO DATE 182 154 28 69 SINCE MAR 1 1945 1710 235 1561 SINCE JUL 1 7966 7651 315 7344 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 29 SINCE MAR 1 0 13 -13 42 SINCE JAN 1 0 13 -13 42 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 600 AM LOWEST 22 400 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE MASON CITY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 28 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 834 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$