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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013


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...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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         72    118 PM  94    1934  70      2       82
  MINIMUM         56    813 AM  28    1930  47      9       47
  AVERAGE         64                        59      5       65

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.49          1.45 1921   0.15   0.34     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.89                      2.50   1.39     1.86
  SINCE MAR 1     15.54                      8.48   7.06     8.32
  SINCE JAN 1     17.21                     10.30   6.91    10.39

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    9.5                       0.1    9.4      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     34.3                       8.8   25.5      1.0
  SINCE JUL 1     56.3                      41.3   15.0     18.8
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        1                         7     -6        0
  MONTH TO DATE  221                       161     60       69
  SINCE MAR 1   2152                      1710    442     1031
  SINCE JUL 1   7713                      7561    152     6053

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE   15                         9      6       17
  SINCE MAR 1     15                        14      1       30
  SINCE JAN 1     15                        14      1       30
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           400 AM
 LOWEST     73          1100 PM
 AVERAGE    85

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THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        97      1934
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        31      2002


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   834 PM CDT
MAY 19 2013...........SUNRISE   545 AM CDT   SUNSET   835 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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