000 CXUS53 KDMX 011606 CLMALO CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1106 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2005 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2005 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 04/22/1980 LOW -4 04/06/1982 HIGHEST 80 04/04 81 -1 88 04/16 LOWEST 26 04/28 19 7 16 04/11 04/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.9 59.7 5.2 64.0 AVG. MINIMUM 40.2 35.8 4.4 35.1 MEAN 52.6 47.8 4.8 49.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 10.3 -1.3 13 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.53 1991 MINIMUM 0.28 1942 TOTALS 2.67 3.23 -0.56 1.64 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.11 -0.02 0.05 DAYS >= .01 9 10.9 -1.9 5 DAYS >= .10 5 7.0 -2.0 5 DAYS >= .50 1 2.3 -1.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.5 0.5 0 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.3 1973 TOTALS 0.0 2.2 -2.2 0.0 SINCE 7/1 20.2 34.9 -14.7 27.1 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 04/30 TO 04/30 DEGREEDAYS HEATING TOTAL 370 528 -158 466 SINCE 7/1 6317 7114 -797 6595 COOLING TOTAL 4 7 -3 11 SINCE 1/1 4 7 -3 11 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/340 DATE 04/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/330 DATE 04/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 18 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && APRIL 2005 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WARMER AND DRIER MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 52.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 9TH WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD AND TIES A PREVIOUS YEAR OF 2001. THE FIRST 22 DAYS WERE ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE WARMEST DAY COMING ON THE 4TH WITH 80 DEGREES. THE LAST 8 DAYS WERE COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 48 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 23RD. THE COOLEST OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE CAME ON THE 2ND AND 28TH WITH A LOW OF 26 DEGREES...ON THE OTHER HAND...THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE CAME ON THE 19TH WITH 59 DEGREES REPORTED. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.67 INCHES. THIS IS 0.56 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR APRIL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FELL ON THE 22ND WITH 1.15 INCHES REPORTED. NO RECORDS WERE BROKEN. $$ ST