000 CDUS43 KDMX 030637 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 52 432 PM 93 1953 69 -17 66 MINIMUM 46 830 AM 19 2003 43 3 35 AVERAGE 49 56 -7 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.61 1927 0.08 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.41 0.17 1.24 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 3.50 3.12 0.38 2.59 SINCE JAN 1 31.50 27.62 3.88 40.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 10 6 14 MONTH TO DATE 27 19 8 29 SINCE SEP 1 110 174 -64 125 SINCE JUL 1 157 201 -44 129 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 27 72 -45 60 SINCE JAN 1 455 753 -298 670 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 83 400 PM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2009.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 647 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2009.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 645 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$