Climatological Report (Daily) Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
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CLIALO
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 67 318 PM 93 1921 74 -7 87
MINIMUM 53 648 AM 31 1963 52 1 61
1931
1917
AVERAGE 60 63 -3 74
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.01 1.54 2007 0.15 -0.14 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.40 3.31 2.09 1.12
SINCE MAR 1 15.09 9.08 6.01 6.13
SINCE JAN 1 18.17 10.90 7.27 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 5 4 1 0
MONTH TO DATE 179 161 18 60
SINCE MAR 1 1980 1558 422 928
SINCE JUL 1 7190 6977 213 5707
COOLING
TODAY 0 2 -2 9
MONTH TO DATE 33 30 3 68
SINCE MAR 1 37 38 -1 90
SINCE JAN 1 37 38 -1 90
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 93 200 AM
LOWEST 43 400 PM
AVERAGE 68
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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 94 1926
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 34 1924
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 23 2013...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 833 PM CDT
MAY 24 2013...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 834 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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