Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
531 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013
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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2013
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 58 427 PM 89 1900 71 -13 71
MINIMUM 33 514 AM 30 1928 48 -15 48
1895
AVERAGE 46 59 -13 60
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.40 2010 0.14 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 2.82 1.68 1.14 1.12
SINCE MAR 1 12.51 7.45 5.06 6.13
SINCE JAN 1 15.59 9.27 6.32 8.60
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 1.7 0.0 1.7 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 12.9 6.4 6.5 1.1
SINCE JUL 1 50.0 35.3 14.7 25.8
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 19 7 12 5
MONTH TO DATE 155 102 53 41
SINCE MAR 1 1956 1499 457 909
SINCE JUL 1 7166 6918 248 5688
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 12 -12 29
SINCE MAR 1 4 20 -16 51
SINCE JAN 1 4 20 -16 51
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 75 500 AM
LOWEST 26 200 PM
AVERAGE 51
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1940
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 30 1953
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 12 2013...........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT
MAY 13 2013...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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