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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2024

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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0520 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         65    109 PM  91    1901  68     -3       65
  MINIMUM         52    836 AM  24    2005  44      8       39
  AVERAGE         59                        56      3       52

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            1.06          1.40 1933   0.14   0.92     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      0.28   0.81     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      7.57                      6.30   1.27     2.93
  SINCE JAN 1     10.29                      8.54   1.75     7.24

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    1976   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      2005
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      4.9                       6.3   -1.4      8.7
  SINCE JUL 1     32.3                      39.0   -6.7     38.5
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            6                        10     -4       13
  MONTH TO DATE   11                        20     -9       27
  SINCE MAR 1   1162                      1374   -212     1406
  SINCE JUL 1   5384                      6544  -1160     6457

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0
  SINCE MAR 1      4                         9     -5       18
  SINCE JAN 1      4                         9     -5       18
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (110)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    45   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90          1100 AM
 LOWEST     72           100 AM
 AVERAGE    81

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        91      1918
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        22      2005


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  2 2024...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   811 PM CDT
MAY  3 2024...........SUNRISE   601 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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