Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 69 406 PM 93 1934 74 -5 78
MINIMUM 59 318 AM 33 1931 51 8 41
AVERAGE 64 62 2 60
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 2.08 2004 0.15 -0.15 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.38 3.01 2.37 1.12
SINCE MAR 1 15.07 8.78 6.29 6.13
SINCE JAN 1 18.15 10.60 7.55 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 1 5 -4 5
MONTH TO DATE 169 153 16 60
SINCE MAR 1 1970 1550 420 928
SINCE JUL 1 7180 6969 211 5707
COOLING
TODAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 33 26 7 59
SINCE MAR 1 37 34 3 81
SINCE JAN 1 37 34 3 81
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 500 AM
LOWEST 55 400 PM
AVERAGE 76
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 101 1925
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 32 1963
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 21 2013...........SUNRISE 542 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT
MAY 22 2013...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 832 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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