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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 PM CDT SAT MAY 04 2024

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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         64   1020 AM  93    1918  68     -4       82
  MINIMUM         50    136 AM  22    1907  45      5       38
  AVERAGE         57                        57      0       60

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.45          2.00 1913   0.13   0.32     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.54                      0.56   0.98     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      8.02                      6.58   1.44     2.93
  SINCE JAN 1     10.74                      8.82   1.92     7.24

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.5  1935   0.1   -0.1      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      4.9                       6.4   -1.5      8.7
  SINCE JUL 1     32.3                      39.1   -6.8     38.5
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            8                         9     -1        5
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        38     -8       47
  SINCE MAR 1   1181                      1392   -211     1426
  SINCE JUL 1   5403                      6562  -1159     6477

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         3     -3        0
  SINCE MAR 1      4                        11     -7       18
  SINCE JAN 1      4                        11     -7       18
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    32   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    90           700 AM
 LOWEST     53           500 AM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        92      1909
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        29      1944
                                             1958
                                             1968


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  4 2024...........SUNRISE   600 AM CDT   SUNSET   814 PM CDT
MAY  5 2024...........SUNRISE   558 AM CDT   SUNSET   815 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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