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CLIALO

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
529 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013


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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 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         77    426 PM  97    1934  73      4       78
  MINIMUM         61    430 AM  31    1954  51     10       49
                                      1924
  AVERAGE         69                        62      7       64

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            T             1.28 1933   0.15  -0.15     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    4.67                      2.86   1.81     1.12
  SINCE MAR 1     14.36                      8.63   5.73     6.13
  SINCE JAN 1     17.44                     10.45   6.99     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            0                         5     -5        1
  MONTH TO DATE  168                       148     20       55
  SINCE MAR 1   1969                      1545    424      923
  SINCE JUL 1   7179                      6964    215     5702

 COOLING
  TODAY            4                         2      2        0
  MONTH TO DATE   34                        24     10       59
  SINCE MAR 1     38                        32      6       81
  SINCE JAN 1     38                        32      6       81
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM
 LOWEST     50           100 PM
 AVERAGE    75

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        93      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        33      1931


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 20 2013...........SUNRISE   543 AM CDT   SUNSET   830 PM CDT
MAY 21 2013...........SUNRISE   542 AM CDT   SUNSET   831 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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