Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CDUS43 KDMX 052227
CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013
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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 71 242 PM 93 1918 68 3 81
MINIMUM 43 533 AM 29 1968 45 -2 57
1958
1944
AVERAGE 57 57 0 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.51 1972 0.14 -0.14 0.11
1960
MONTH TO DATE 2.31 0.70 1.61 0.90
SINCE MAR 1 12.00 6.47 5.53 5.91
SINCE JAN 1 15.08 8.29 6.79 8.38
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.2 1944 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 1.7 0.0 1.7 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 13.0 6.4 6.6 1.1
SINCE JUL 1 50.1 35.3 14.8 25.8
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 8 9 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 98 48 50 7
SINCE MAR 1 1899 1445 454 875
SINCE JUL 1 7109 6864 245 5654
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 4
MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 21
SINCE MAR 1 4 13 -9 43
SINCE JAN 1 4 13 -9 43
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 500 AM
LOWEST 57 300 PM
AVERAGE 77
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 99 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 28 1989
1974
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 5 2013...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT
MAY 6 2013...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 815 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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