930 CDUS43 KDMX 170640 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 78 309 PM 90 1939 72 6 72 1936 1894 MINIMUM 46 526 AM 33 1890 51 -5 45 AVERAGE 62 62 0 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.69 1896 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.68 2.11 -1.43 2.77 SINCE MAR 1 8.11 7.90 0.21 10.52 SINCE JAN 1 11.01 10.12 0.89 13.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 5.9 6.8 -0.9 12.0 SINCE JUL 1 58.5 36.4 22.1 39.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 5 -2 6 MONTH TO DATE 115 108 7 29 SINCE MAR 1 1521 1373 148 1138 SINCE JUL 1 6640 6375 265 5913 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 18 -15 54 SINCE MAR 1 5 31 -26 84 SINCE JAN 1 5 31 -26 84 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 93 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 71 500 AM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1880 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 36 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 75 249 PM 91 1931 73 2 71 MINIMUM 42 229 AM 36 2005 53 -11 42 1929 AVERAGE 59 63 -4 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1896 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.02 2.29 0.73 2.42 SINCE MAR 1 11.09 7.92 3.17 10.51 SINCE JAN 1 13.73 10.08 3.65 14.15 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 MAR 1 T 5.6 -5.6 1.7 SINCE JUL 1 24.8 27.1 -2.3 18.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 5 1 8 MONTH TO DATE 128 104 24 38 SINCE MAR 1 1490 1304 186 1140 SINCE JUL 1 6561 6091 470 5962 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 25 -25 42 SINCE MAR 1 0 33 -33 70 SINCE JAN 1 0 33 -33 70 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 200 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 37 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$