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CLIMCW

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

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...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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         70    420 PM  87    1981  64      6       57
  MINIMUM         42    543 AM  23    1934  40      2       40
  AVERAGE         56                        52      4       49

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.00 1975   0.14  -0.14     0.12
  MONTH TO DATE    7.26                      3.33   3.93     3.34
  SINCE MAR 1     10.64                      5.56   5.08     5.79
  SINCE JAN 1     12.31                      7.38   4.93     7.86

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                       2.6   -1.9      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     24.5                       8.6   15.9      1.0
  SINCE JUL 1     46.5                      41.1    5.4     18.8
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        9                        14     -5       16
  MONTH TO DATE  685                       517    168      409
  SINCE MAR 1   1922                      1511    411      911
  SINCE JUL 1   7483                      7362    121     5933

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0       13
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0       13
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96           600 AM
 LOWEST     37           500 PM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        92      1970
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        25      1928


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 28 2013.........SUNRISE   611 AM CDT   SUNSET   812 PM CDT
APRIL 29 2013.........SUNRISE   609 AM CDT   SUNSET   813 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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