000 CDUS43 KDMX 110630 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1228 AM CST WED NOV 11 2009 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 10 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 63 138 PM MM MM 48 15 33 MINIMUM 34 1059 PM MM MM 30 4 20 AVERAGE 49 39 10 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 MM MM 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.75 -0.75 1.73 SINCE SEP 1 9.01 6.51 2.50 8.14 SINCE JAN 1 32.66 31.78 0.88 43.17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 26 -10 38 MONTH TO DATE 166 234 -68 183 SINCE SEP 1 843 739 104 719 SINCE JUL 1 878 763 115 721 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 24 82 -58 50 SINCE JAN 1 519 830 -311 646 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1100 PM LOWEST 30 200 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 11 2009......SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST NOVEMBER 12 2009......SUNRISE 701 AM CST SUNSET 456 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$