000 CXUS53 KDMX 011507 CLMALO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 923 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 112 07/14/1936 07/13/1936 LOW 42 07/07/1984 HIGHEST 93 07/07 95 -2 95 07/08 LOWEST 54 07/14 50 4 51 07/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.3 85.0 -0.7 84.6 AVG. MINIMUM 63.5 62.2 1.3 61.4 MEAN 73.9 73.6 0.3 73.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 6.4 -3.4 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.97 1999 MINIMUM 0.35 1998 TOTALS 5.51 4.20 1.31 4.64 DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.14 0.04 0.15 DAYS >= .01 9 9.3 -0.3 9 DAYS >= .10 7 6.4 0.6 6 DAYS >= .50 3 3.0 0.0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.2 0.8 2 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 07/31 TO 07/31 DEGREEDAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0 SINCE 7/1 0 7 -7 0 COOLING TOTAL 284 261 23 255 SINCE 1/1 447 483 -36 527 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 52/270 DATE 07/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/270 DATE 07/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && JULY 2008 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS A WETTER THAN NORMAL BUT NOT A RECORD RAINFALL MONTH. THE 5.51 INCHES WAS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL. HOWEVER...THE 0.83 INCHES ON THE 8TH DID SET A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR THIS DATE. TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH WERE VERY NEARLY NORMAL. THERE WERE ONLY 3 DAYS WITH READINGS OF 90 OR GREATER. $$