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CLIMCW

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2013


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...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         50    322 PM  93    1980  62    -12       56
  MINIMUM         33   1159 PM  21    1936  38     -5       38
  AVERAGE         42                        50     -8       47

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.50          1.76 1999   0.13   0.37     0.03
  MONTH TO DATE    7.23                      2.64   4.59     3.22
  SINCE MAR 1     10.61                      4.87   5.74     5.67
  SINCE JAN 1     12.28                      6.69   5.59     7.74

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             3.4  1984   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                       2.4   -1.7      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     24.5                       8.4   16.1      1.0
  SINCE JUL 1     46.5                      40.9    5.6     18.8
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       23                        16      7       18
  MONTH TO DATE  588                       445    143      360
  SINCE MAR 1   1825                      1439    386      862
  SINCE JUL 1   7386                      7290     96     5884

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0       11
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0       11
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           900 AM
 LOWEST     85           600 PM
 AVERAGE    89

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THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        90      1924
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        22      1967


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 23 2013.........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   806 PM CDT
APRIL 24 2013.........SUNRISE   617 AM CDT   SUNSET   807 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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