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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
528 PM CDT THU APR 19 2018

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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 2018...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         48    343 PM  87    1985  62    -14       67
  MINIMUM         21    529 AM  20    1988  39    -18       45
  AVERAGE         35                        50    -15       56

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          1.93 2000   0.13  -0.13     0.53
  MONTH TO DATE    1.73                      2.17  -0.44     2.44
  SINCE MAR 1      3.40                      4.23  -0.83     4.50
  SINCE JAN 1      7.88                      6.05   1.83     8.43

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    2013   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      1953
  MONTH TO DATE   12.1                       1.5   10.6      0.0
  SINCE MAR 1     23.5                       6.1   17.4     10.6
  SINCE JUL 1     45.6                      35.0   10.6     26.2
  SNOW DEPTH       3

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY           30                        15     15        9
  MONTH TO DATE  645                       353    292      233
  SINCE MAR 1   1647                      1259    388     1150
  SINCE JUL 1   7090                      6678    412     5612

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        6
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        6
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        6
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92          1200 AM
 LOWEST     38           400 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        89      1987
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        24      1956


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 19 2018.........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   756 PM CDT
APRIL 20 2018.........SUNRISE   620 AM CDT   SUNSET   757 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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