Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2013
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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 78 130 PM 90 1934 70 8 65
MINIMUM 48 520 AM 28 1976 46 2 46
AVERAGE 63 58 5 56
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 1.47 2003 0.14 -0.14 0.02
1988
MONTH TO DATE 2.31 1.11 1.20 1.12
SINCE MAR 1 12.00 6.88 5.12 6.13
SINCE JAN 1 15.08 8.70 6.38 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 2 8 -6 9
MONTH TO DATE 105 73 32 19
SINCE MAR 1 1906 1470 436 887
SINCE JUL 1 7116 6889 227 5666
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 8 -8 25
SINCE MAR 1 4 16 -12 47
SINCE JAN 1 4 16 -12 47
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 400 AM
LOWEST 33 100 PM
AVERAGE 63
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 95 1934
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1945
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 8 2013...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT
MAY 9 2013...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 819 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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